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can combat heat stress
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IFIM Milling School
As we approach the
midpoint of 2016, I am
becoming more and
more impressed with the
rate at which the IFIM
School has continued to
grow. Education is key
to the future of milling,
and we at the school
believe that we are at
the forefront of ensuring
that the next generation
of millers are fully equipped with the knowledge
required to make a valid contribution to our
industry, long after the current generation of millers
have all hung up their aprons for the very last time.
The story of the IFIM School begins back in 1994.
The school was established under a joint venture
between the Moroccan National Federation of
Millers (FNM), US Wheat Associates and the
Moroccan Governments Office of Professional
Training (OFPPT).
The French language two-year program was built
upon a combination of the Swiss Milling School
and French Milling School curricula aimed at
taking young college graduates with a scientific
baccalaureate and building a solid foundation
in milling and cereal sciences. Graduates from
the two-year program receive a nationally
approved qualification as milling technicians.
Approximately 30 students per year are enrolled
on the two-year program.
Additionally, the IFIM School undertakes
continuing education courses for the regions
millers, and has conducted specialised training
programs in French, English and Arabic for millers
from across Africa and the Middle East. IFIM has
conducted off-site training both nationally, as well
as internationally in North and West Africa.
The school has an ISO 17025 accredited cereal
laboratory which serves as an industry and national
reference laboratory, and has a full Buhler Pilot
Mill with a nominal capacity of 800 kg/hr capable
of milling bread wheat in purifier and purifier less
flows as well as durum wheat in a conventional
durum flow. A full wheat inspection laboratory
and test bakery as well as a full range of laboratory
milling equipment compliment the training facilities.

Some 400 students have graduated since the
inauguration of the school, and have gone on to
operational and management positions throughout
the industry in Morocco, as well as elsewhere in
North Africa, the Middle East and sub-Saharan
Africa, and have built a solid reputation for the
quality of the schools education.
The School organises a professional exhibition
every two years known under the name of Technical
Days of IFIM. Conferences and round tables are
planned during these days and are focused on the
international market of wheat as well as the new
technologies in the milling industry. The sixth
edition of IFIM technical days was held in May
2015. More than 60 exhibitors coming from Europe
and USA have participated to that event.
At present, IFI is implementing a strategic change
its historic role by integrating a professional school
for baking & pastry with a training & research
development centre in the field of food pasta,
couscous & vegetables.
As durum wheat plays an important role in the
Moroccan economy and is the basis for pasta and
couscous production. Both these products are staple
food for the Moroccan population, IFIM wishes
to add a training facility and program dedicated to
durum milling and pasta and couscous technology
and to the research and development of analytical
services related to durum and its derivatives.
Going forward, we at the school aim to continue
to work closely with the Canadian International
Grains Institute (Cigi), Winnipeg, Canada, IFIM
is proposing to build capacity for milling durum
wheat and pulse crops by creating a Moroccan
National Durum Technical Training Centre
(DTTC). The DTTCs primary mission will be to
offer vocational training, information, technical
expertise and applied research services to the
durum wheat sector in Morocco and other North
African countries (including Algeria, Tunisia,
Libya, Mauritania, as well as operative millers
from the African French zone).
Mahjoub Sahaba
Director at Moroccan Milling Training Institute
IFIM Milling School
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GLOBAL
CHINA
MID-YEAR MILL REPORT
ADM FEEDMILL
Over the past decade, or possibly longer, one of Chinas major

feedmilling equipment companies has been constructing more
than 350 feedmills annually. In 2014 the company built an
astonishing 400 new feedmills around the world.
Many of those mills have been constructed within short time
frames and often within 10 months from ground-break to
commissioning.
See the full story on page 46
ITALY
NEWCOPAN
The Newcopan mill, located in the

quaint Tuscan town of Castelfiorentino
just south west of Florence, is a new
mill by Golfetto Sangati which was
built to produce traditional Tuscan
flour.
However, there is much more to what is
being produced here than first meets the
eye. The Tognetti family, entrepreneurs
in the bakery industry for well over 50
years, are proud to show their new mill,
which was built with the specific aim of
processing one of the most typical and
ancient cereals of Tuscany, the Verna
wheat.
TURKEY
IRAQ
THE AL BASRA FLOUR MILL
CASE STUDY
On the outskirts of the town of
Amasya, stands the impressive and
modern flourmill of KOZLU Gida, also
known as Misun. This leading Turkish
mill has chosen FAWEMA for exciting
new packing project. Page 80
4 | May 2016 - Milling and Grain
Aybakar announces the delivery of Al

Basra flour mill in Iraq last month. Owned
by Kubba group, Al Basra flourmill is
one of the most prestigious flour milling
companies in Iraq, with the group being in
the milling business since the 1960s.
Currently, Al Basra flourmill is the most
developed flourmill in Iraq. Equipped with
Aybakars crown jewel CERES II INOX
roller mills, the mill exceeds Iraqi and
international standards.
TAIWAN
CTH MILLS
Taiwan has not always been the

graceful, peaceful and plentiful
country it is today. There was a
time following the Second World
War when the country was in a poor
state and conditions were tough
for a population that had not long
annexed itself from the Chinese
mainland, and was relying on its
own dedication and resources to
establish a new beginning and to
feed itself.
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MAY 16
Milling
XXVII Fefac Congress in

Antalya
Social acceptance of livestock and feed
production in the EU
n 21-22 April 2016, the FEFAC XXVII Congress

took place in Antalya, with the conference title
Social acceptance of livestock & feed production
in the EU. At the Congress, the participants discussed
the compound feed industrys contribution to the circular
economy, the measuring of the environmental footprint
of feed production and the responsible sourcing of raw
materials. The discussions on all themes supported the
view that the feed industry can provide solutions to
livestock production with direct benefit for consumers and
citizens, thereby stimulating increased societal acceptance
of EUs livestock and feed sector.
In a video statement, European Commissioner for Health
& Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, highlighted the
contribution of animal feed manufacturers to the circular
economy and food waste reduction by using resources no
longer suitable for human consumption in animal feed. The
participants agreed with Commissioner Andriukaitis that
it is of vital importance to assure feed safety and animal
health when using unconventional feed ingredients in order
to maintain consumer confidence.
At the Congress it was highlighted that the current
political attention for circular economy and resourceefficiency provides an excellent opportunity for
the feed industry to showcase its contributions to
reducing environmental impacts. A key achievement
in demonstrating the results of this approach is the
development of pre-competitive measurement tools
for environmental performance, such as the Product
Environmental Footprint (PEF). In the Feed PEF Pilot
the category rules for feed production are currently being
drafted and expected to be assessed and approved by DG
ENVI in 2016.
All presentations given at the Congress can be found on
the FEFAC website.
www.fefac.eu
The weather is pretty eclectic here at the moment. Sun

follows rain follows grey cloud. Ah, well. Variety is the
spice of life, they say (whoever they are).
Not to be outdone, this month we take you on a
whirlwind tour of mills across the globe, each unique and
with its own fascinating character.
First, we stop off at ADMs first feedmill in China,
constructed by local company Famsun, who also take the
opportunity to tell us about their expansion across Asia
and beyond. The various reasons for the slowing pace of
the feed milling sector in China are also discussed.
Next: Italy. Appropriately for the land of da Vinci and
Michaelangelo, we take you through an artisan mill
combining traditional and modern technologies in the
processing of an ancient Tuscan wheat variety. Surely,
Leonardo would have approved.
Then its over to the Fertile Crescent, where they say
wheat milling all began. Fitting new technology into
an older mill to operate in sub-tropical conditions is
never easy, but Aybakar have succeeded at the Al-Basra
flourmill in Iraq.
Finally, back to Asia, where youll learn about CTHs
latest mill - the newest in Taiwan - and the surprising
bonds of friendship and mutual assistance between
this company and their competitors next door. Other
interesting insights include the challenges of silo
construction in a humid earthquake zone.
Regular items!
We also have all the regular columns our readers have
come to expect: Mildred Cookson gives us another
fascinating peek into milling history, looking at the
redesign - and incredibly fast reconstruction - of
a Liverpool mill in the early 1900s. Food Futurist
Christophe Pelletier discusses consumers apparently
contradictory desire for food that conforms to both
past and present standards. UK TAGs Chris Jackson
examines Australia and Southeast Asia and talks about the
need for farmers to follow the commercial climate.
We also bring you a roundup of the latest happenings
in the world of milling, as well as numerous features
and items of interest. Dont miss the piece on this years
GRAPAS award: learn who won, and why. Event reviews
are not thin on the ground: GEAPS, VICTAM, IAOM
and TUSAF.
So why not kick off your shoes after a long, satisfying
day in the mill, and enjoy this magazine with a cup of
coffee outside in the sunshine? Of course, if youre in the
UK, you may have to read fairly quickly.
GF
MT
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British and Irish Flour Mills
No2 North Shore Mills Liverpool

Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive
by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK
As with my last article, I have
chosen accounts from The Miller
and Milling describing the same
mill a few years apart at the start
of the 20th century. These two
Victorian publications, but with
some significant gaps, are held at
the Mills Archive.
On 7 August 1899, The Miller
reported on a visit to the North Shore Milling Company in
Liverpool, run by Mill Manager Mr Edward Cooper and
his assistant Mr John Westgate. The firm was established
on Boundary Street in 1848 before any other flour-mill of
this type had been installed in Liverpool. It was capable
of 100 sacks (280lbs) per hour and was divided into three
separate and distinct plants, all under the same roof.
Along with new silos, the flour and offal warehouses,
grain cleaning plant and workshops for millwrights and
carpenters, the whole operation occupied a total ground
area of 11,000 square yards. There were also cellars
beneath the buildings and the mill yard, with a central
warehouse used to store grain and the mill products.
The mill was powered by a triple expansion engine, put
in during 1895 by Messrs Yates and Thorn of Blackburn
and was capable of exerting 1,400 imperial horsepower,
the initial steam pressure being 200psi and on the second
cylinder about 80psi. In 1898 Thomas Robinson put in
new silos, fully equipped with conveyors, elevators and
separators.
By 1899 the mill had seven Haggenmacher plansifters
manufactured by Whitmore & Binyon in place. The
large-scale grain cleaning department had machines for
separating, aspirating, grading, seed extraction, washing,
stoning, whizzing, conditioning and scouring and during
1899, they were putting in new machines to improve the
condition of the wheat passing to the mill.
Reconstruction: Down time means loss of trade

Four years later (19 December 1903) Milling reported
how the largest of the three plants was completely
reconstructed to increase capacity in just four weeks.
Competition was obviously fierce, as any down time
could mean the loss of trade and there were ready
competitors who would be quick to take advantage of
any lapse to secure new customers.
As Milling pointed out, when a mill is destroyed by
fire the loss of the plant is only one portion of the
disaster. The owner had to keep his trade together
somehow, as losing his customers for the time being
meant he was never sure they would stay with him.
This fear of customers walking away and never
coming back explained the urgency and speed of the
redesign at North Shore Mills.
The mill in question was manufacturing flour on
the morning of 14 October and on the 16th the mill
was clear of machinery. Skillful organisation and
forethought by Mr John Westgate, assistant manager,
ensured everything had been prepared in advance.
Both the firm and the milling engineers Messrs
Thomas Robinson & Son of Rochdale were ready to
begin the work.
At the start of the work, the ground floor and the
employees elevator were alive with workmen
ascending and descending to carry out the work of
demolition. On the third floor was the temporary office
Milling News
where plans were receiving their final touches. In the mill

yard was an appliance put up by Messrs Robinson before
the mill stopped work.
One hoist was especially useful, and also a power windlass
for pulling the machines along the floor. Already new
elevator bottoms were fitted, as well as the work for five
lines of shafting under the rolls. On the fourth floor five
new centrifugals were already in position with another 26
more to go.
Robinsons had 70 men doing the work, and with around
35 of the mill staff the whole mill was reported as being
busy as bees. An illustration shows the goods train loaded
with Robinson machinery as it entered the shunting
yard from the siding of the Robinson Railway Works in
Rochdale. The plans that had been drawn up had three
colour sections; the Blue portion of the flow was to fix
the centrifugals, some purifiers and smooth rolls with all
connections.
The Red portion was to fix the elevators and spouting to
and from Blue and Brown. Brown was responsible
for fixing the break rolls and scalpers and the remaining
purifiers and all connections. The purifiers were to be
fixed and flour worms in position as well as two lines of
shafting.
By 5 December, which was the time when Robinsons
contract finished, all the machinery had been installed, The
following Monday, the 7th of December, all shafting and
machines were running and the following day the rollers
were being feed grain.
Extracts of Millings tour after the redesign:
We can take a tour of the mill starting on the first floor
where the new mill had drives and five lines of shafting,
one for each line of rolls. The elevator bottoms were also
located here. On the second floor were the rolls, the break
rolls being 60 ins long and the reduction rolls 40 ins.

These were Robinsons latest type with patent roller feed
and gear driven with a shaker-feed to the last two breaks.
It was noted that there was ample room between the
rolls and around the machines, an important fact for the
employees who were in charge of them. Each line of rolls
had an exhaust trunk. The purifiers were located on the
third floor in two lines; exhaust trunking over each line
cleared the air and kept the room clean and healthy. There
was also an elaborate arrangement of flour worms to assist
in the making the numerous divisions of flour.
On the fourth floor were wood framed centrifugals, each
machine placed singly so as to allow a passage between
each and all fitted with Mr John Westgates patented
ventilating fan for the prevention of condensation.
There was also an improved shutter arrangement for the
inspection of the machines which prevented flour dropping
on the floor.
The fifth floor had the centrifugals., two high and three
tornados, making it five in all and a rotary for dividing
the bran. There were also two aspirators for aspirating the
wheat as it went on into the mill. All elevator bearings
and worms were entirely self-lubricating. All electricity
lighting the premises is generated on the premises. These
new arrangement appeared to be very popular with the
employees.
These articles only give a brief glimpse of the several
million records held by the Mills Archive Trust. If you
would like to know more please email me at mills
@millsarchive.org .
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US allows corn masa flour to be

fortified with folic acid
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Decision offers lessons for

other countries, says the FFI
he US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

announced today that it will allow folic acid to
be added to a maize product called corn masa
flour. The decision is intended to prevent more serious
birth defects of the brain and spine known as neural tube
defects (NTDs) among the nations Hispanic population.
Corn masa flour is a specially treated maize flour used for
tortillas, tamales, and other foods commonly consumed by
Hispanics.
Most NTDs such as spina bifida and anencephaly can
be prevented if women have at least 400 micrograms of
folic acid daily prior to conception and the early days
of pregnancy. To improve folic acid intake, in 1996
the FDA changed the US standard for enriched cereal
grains to include folic acid. The only maize products
included, however, were grits and maize meal. Because
corn masa flour was not mentioned in the 1996 standard,
manufacturers could not legally fortify these products for
the US market.
A review published in 2014 showed that fortifying other
grain products with folic acid led to a 36 percent decline in
NTDs in the US, but the NTD prevalence among Hispanics
was 21 percent higher than among non-Hispanics. In 2012,
six organisations - March of Dimes, American Academy
of Pediatrics, Spina Bifida Association, National Council
of La Raza, Royal DSM, and Gruma Corporation - filed a
citizens petition for the FDA to allow fortification of corn
masa flour.
In February 2016, more than 40 members of the US
Congress urged the FDA to add folic acid to the enrichment
standard. Media stories, such as this news service and
radio feature, have called attention to the petition for the
past several months. Mexico and El Salvador include
fortification of corn masa flour in their fortification
mandates.
With the new FDA decision, corn masa flour may
be fortified with folic acid at a level not to exceed
0.7 milligrams per pound. It is effective immediately.
Gruma Corporation, the worlds largest producer of
corn masa flours and tortillas, has committed to deliver
fortified products in the US. The North American Millers
Association also supports the change.
Todays announcement represents a major victory for
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maternal and child health, especially in our Hispanic
communities, said March of Dimes President Dr. Jennifer
L. Howse. Leaders of the organisations that filed the
citizens petition held a news conference today to hail
the FDAs decision. They noted that fortifying corn masa
products will save many lives and improve quality of life
by preventing birth defects.
We commend the public and private sectors for
working together to find a solution to this public health
issue, said Scott J. Montgomery, Director of the Food
Fortification Initiative. He noted that the experience offers
several lessons for grain fortification. First, a countrys
standard needs to include grains commonly consumed by
all segments of the target population. In this case, it was
an oversight to exclude corn masa flour from the 1996
legislation. Another lesson is that monitoring is essential as
it was NTD surveillance that alerted policy makers to the
higher NTD prevalence among Hispanics. A third lesson is
that the FDA scientific review confirmed that folic acid is
safe for the general population.
In 2012 a retired physician wrote that an opinion piece
in support of the petition. He delivered two infants with
anencephaly during his career. They constituted my most
devastating obstetric experiences, he wrote.
Anencephaly is a type of NTD in which the brain and/
or skull is not formed properly. It is nearly always fatal.
In spina bifida, the neural tube fails to close correctly and
causes spinal defects. Many affected children undergo
repeated surgeries and have lifelong health issues. Severely
affected children experience paralysis of the lower limbs
and varying degrees of loss of bowel and bladder control.
Even mildly-affected children have permanent loss of some
sensation or movement. An assessment of the cost savings
in the US from preventing spina bifida showed an annual net
savings of US$ 603 million.
Though folic acid for women of child-bearing age has
been recommended for more than 25 years, only about
one-third of American women take a daily multivitamin
containing folic acid. The form of this B vitamin found
in leafy green vegetables, fruits, and legumes is hard
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the equivalent of 400 grams of folic acid a day from
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Most sustainable office

in the world based in the
Netherlands
he new head office of dryer and cooler manufacturer

Geelen Counterflow in Haelen, The Netherlands, is
the most sustainable office in the world, receiving a
99.94 percent score in the BREEAM certification system.
The building for 50 office employees generates 50
percent more solar energy than it needs for heating, air
conditioning, lighting and computers. The extra energy is
used in the factory for laser cutting of stainless steel and
recharging of electric forklift trucks.
Where possible, the building materials are Cradle to
Cradle certified, which means that they do no harm to the
environment and that they can be re-used at the end of their
lifetime. The building is constructed out of wood, which
is considered to have the lowest CO2 footprint of any
construction material.
The design is optimised for employee health and
productivity through control of daylight infiltration, air
IFAD and EIB join

forces in support
of agricultural
development
orking to build
greater prosperity for
disadvantaged and
vulnerable rural people in developing
countries around the world, the
European Investment Bank (EIB) and
the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) signed an
agreement today to reinforce and
expand cooperation between the two
organisations.
The Memorandum of Understanding
was signed by EIBs VicePresident, Pim van Ballekom, and
IFADs Associate Vice President,
HenockKifle, in the margins of the
International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank Group Spring Meetings
in Washington DC.
quality and indoor lighting, and by using healthy materials.

Around the office a natural garden has been created using
a variety of native plants and flowers. The landscaping also
includes nesting sites for birds, bugs, bats and amphibians.
Sander Geelen is Managing Director of Geelen
Counterflow: In our never ending quest to build the best
dryers and coolers for food and feed we apply the laws of
nature around gravity, aerodynamics and thermodynamics.
So when we build a new office it only makes sense to
respect these laws and the limits of nature too. This office
is another step on our journey to phase out fossil fuels. The
next step is to develop a new generation of dryers that will
use renewable energy only.
The office was designed by Architecten en
Bouwmeesters. Construction management was by
Wagemans Bouwadvies. The technical installations
were designed by Dubourgraaf and Ad van de Ven was
BREEAM-NL expert.
BREEAM is the worlds leading sustainability assessment
method for buildings and projects. Globally there are more
than 540,700 BREEAM certified developments. In the
Netherlands, the system is managed by the Dutch Green
Building Council.
The agreement reflects the shared

focus of IFAD and EIB on developing
agribusiness and creating jobs and
prosperity in the countries where the
two organisations both operate. In
the context of recent international
agreements such as the Sustainable
Development Goals and the Paris
Agreement on climate change, the
partnership will focus on investments
in agriculture that will result in
sustainable and inclusive economic
growth and continued food supplies
for a growing population.
Through this partnership, the two
organisations aim to share knowledge,
implement joint projects and provide
financial instruments, such as loans
and guarantees, to better channel
crucial financing to help smallholder
farmers maximise their potential.
Pim van Ballekom, EIB VicePresident, said: Agriculture and
agribusiness play a very important
role throughout the world, especially
in developing and emerging
economies, as these sectors are huge

employers and key to social issues
such as livelihoods and food security.
They have the ability to create more
jobs and to further drive growth in a
sustainable manner. But to achieve
this, they need the correct approach
to investment, as well as sufficient
funding. They deserve our full
attention and support and this is where
the EIB and IFAD can make a real
impact.
IFAD and EIB share a common
belief in the importance of investing
in smallholder famers and in
developing rural areas. Through
the Sustainable Development
Goals, the world has envisioned
an inspiring future. By sharing our
knowledge and working together,
our two organisations can make a
real contribution to ending hunger,
achieving food security and ensuring
that agriculture is a sustainable
business. added Associate VicePresident Henock Kifle of IFAD.
Even our latest developments

reflect 90 years of experience.
Pioneers of flour improvement.
90 years of Mhlenchemie have shown one thing especially:
we are always a step ahead of current developments. A combination of creativity, passion and experience is the starting
point for a wealth of innovative products milestones in the
history of flour treatment. This pioneering spirit is characteristic
of our companys culture and history. A pioneering spirit
that we expect of coming generations too, and specifically
promote by passing on our knowledge and cooperating with
young research scientists. For better flour and a better future.
1997 Alphamalt BX
for replacing potassium bromate
German Quality made by Mhlenchemie.
2015 DELTAMALT FN-A / FN-B

for reducing the falling number of
wheat flour
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2001 Pastazym
for pasta production from soft wheat
2004 Tigerzym
for making steamed buns
2008 EMCEgluten Plus
for use with a low wheat gluten content
2012 EMCEbest WA
a series for optimizing water absorption
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FiveF makes alkalising technology

options available to the feed
trade
AIB helps corn millers meet

recent FDA approval for folic
acid fortification
he Food and Drug Administration announced

the approval of folic acid fortification in corn
masa flour on April 14. The approval allows
manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of
folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, consistent with the
levels of certain other enriched cereal grains.
Corn masa is used to make a variety of food product,
including tortillas, tortilla chips, tamales, taco shells, and
corn chips. Folic acid, a synthetic form of folate, is a B
vitamin that when taken by a pregnant woman may help
prevent birth defects.
Adding folic acid to corn masa will impact the nutritional
profile and the ingredient listing of the products to which
the masa is being added. AIB Internationals food labelling
services can help manufacturers update the necessary label
components, like the nutrition and ingredient statement,
to reflect these changes and meet FDA and USDA food
regulations. Additionally, AIBs lab testing services can
test food products to validate fortification levels.
We know many companies use corn masa in their
products and AIB International is here to help them
successfully bring products to market that meet this
voluntary fortification, said Valerie Olson, Director of
Food Technical Services, AIB International.
We aim to simplify labelling efforts by providing guidance
and support to food companies incorporating folic acid.
iveF is now offering the UK feed trade the opportunity

to take advantage of its proven ration alkalising
technology to be able to make new branded blended
and pelleted feed ranges for their ruminant livestock farmer
customers.
According to Malcolm Graham from FiveF, the move will
allow feed manufacturers the opportunity to retail a versatile
range of ration alkalisation options.
In AlkabupHa the feed trade is already able to offer an infeed TMR alkaliser for units interested in making their own
Alkalage or Alkagrain, but we wanted to help manufacturers
become even more responsive to customer needs as more
farmers appreciate the benefits of this technology.
For example, the new Alkablend blended feeds
incorporate the super concentrated Alkagrain 150 Protein
Premix at 20 percent, allowing approved blenders to produce
a range of bespoke feeds made from the ingredients stocked
to balance on-farm feed availability and quality, Mr Graham
said.
In addition, the high specification Alkanut ranges are
manufactured pelleted feeds ready to use straight off the
truck. This is a powerful alkalising feed option proven
recently to be particularly useful for automated feeding
systems, such as through milking parlours, robots and out-ofparlour feeders.
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[ Museum Story No. 1 ]
FLOUR IS LIFE
FLOUR IS ART
Demeter, K. Willinek
Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and fertility, watches

over the fortunes and welfare of our FlourWorld Museum
as a filigree work of art created with 10,000 knots in nylon
thread. She also stands for Mhlenchemie in its role as a
manufacturer of flour improvers and vitamin and mineral
premixes, as a symbol of creative entrepreneurial energy
and openness to the world.
Grain was the beginning
With its collection of over 3,000 flour sacks from 130
countries around the globe, the FlourWorld Museum in
Wittenburg, near Hamburg (Germany), is unique in the
world of grain. It is an initiative and cultural project of
Mhlenchemie and a token of thanks to all millers. The
museum shows the history of flour and its significance for
mankind: FLOUR IS LIFE. Every new sack with an interesting motif is welcome in the Sackotheque and will find a
permanent home there.
www.muehlenchemie.com
www.flourworld.de
Progress, progress, progress!

Tom Blacker, International Milling and Grain
Directory
With a new month, and the year
progressing, it is good to recap
the progress and distribution of
the current directory. Writing
this column has always been a
great way to stay in touch, to
hear about this progress, and
to also look ahead. In terms of
progression, I need to say how
pleasing it is that the Twitter followers of the directorys
Twitter channel has hit and gone beyond 1000 followers.
For those who arent yet followers, it is a great way to stay
in touch in-between columns and keep in contact with the
team.
This progress on Twitter coincided with a successful tour of
Turkey this week. Prof. Dr. Hikmet Boyacioglu and I were
the guests of a number of mills, bakeries and manufacturers
and I also visited two national organisations to foster closer
ties and to also achieve more localised content for the
Turkish editions. One of these companies was TurkiyeyemBIR, The National Feed Manufacturers Association of
Turkey. Located in a group with offices in the centre of
Turkeys capital city, Ankara, Prof. Dr. Hikmet Boyacioglu
and I met with the Secretary General, Prof. Dr. Nizamettin
Senkyl - look out for the story in one of our upcoming
editions! Another story to look out for will be our visit to
TMO (Turkish Grain Board) in Ankara, where we met with
with Refik Kayhan nal, Member of the Board of Directors
and Deputy General Manager, and Ayin enses, Press and
Public Relations Department Manager of TMO. We found
that an overarching theme of our meetings was that similar
challenges to current issues faced by European feed milling
businesses are taking place in Turkey too.
From these visits, I hope to be providing our editorial teams
with a wealth of invaluable material for Milling and Grain
magazine in the near future, which I hope you will all enjoy.
The first of these editorials is in fact published in this issue:
a review of the conference and exhibition TUSAF (Turkish
Flour Industrialists Federation) 2016 with a view to show
the continuing levels of development in this industry.
Returning to the directory, so far in the past month of April,
five new companies have joined as members; this is great
so far but we are on the lookout for more! My colleagues
Peter and Ivan in Oceania and Latin America respectively
are stepping up to assist in this global reach. Other ways
to register your company is via the directorys homepage
www.internationalmilling.com and also by directly
contacting us via email -details at the first page of this
magazine. Advertising options online and in print are also a
great way to establish your
products and brand in the
industry. These are the best
way to renew and begin.
AND GRAIN
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The Pelletier Column
The best of both worlds
by Christophe Pelletier
Several years ago, one of the first
presentations I made had the title
Back to the Future or Forward
to the Past? To this day, I still
wonder which direction we are
heading.
The past is everywhere it seems.
On the consumers side, there is
a growing desire for food and
farming like they believe it was made in the past. Call it
authentic, natural, and old-fashioned or any other name
that appeals to consumers, many people certainly have
the past in mind when they make their food choices. This
nostalgia of things that never really were, as I call it, is
not a new phenomenon. It comes in cycles and it is more
a reflection and a reaction of a general malaise about how
the present world is perceived.
Of course, at the same time, consumers expect a level of
food safety that todays technology offers. They would not
want to buy the same old food borne diseases. They want
the best of both worlds; it is a fair expectation.
We long for what we fear is about to be lost
Sometimes we want to part with the past and embrace
novelty and progress, sometimes we long for what we fear
is about to be lost. The further away from the equilibrium
the pendulum goes, the harder it swings back in the other
direction, and often it swings back too far. The polarisation
of the debate on food and farming is just another
expression of the magnitude of the pendulum swings.
The back and forth between future and past is not just
in consumers markets, though. There is hardly any
week without some research paper on farming by some
university rediscovering what our forefathers knew from
experience about sustainability and preserving resources,
although back then the science was not advanced enough
to explain what they knew.
Even in summits and conferences where the world elite
likes to gather among peers, there seems to have been a
renewed awareness about the importance of proper water
management and of healthy soils lately. I would have
thought that it was a given for anyone remotely involved in
food and agriculture.
Sometimes, I have a feeling that we are disconnected with
Nature. Perhaps increased wealth and comfort has made us
think that we could extract ourselves from our biological
nature. Then, it is quite fortunate that the threats and
challenges that we are facing act as a wake-up call.
Hopefully, we will be able to get up on the right foot
and do the right thing, too. Our biological nature is not
just about our physical interaction and dependence with

Nature. That would be too rational and too easy to deal
with, I suppose.
Our nature contains both the emotional and the
psychological. It adds quite another dimension of
subjectivity that is more challenging to manage. The
discrepancy between the emotional and the rational is
certainly one of the main causes of tension between
different groups and opinions. It expresses itself in many
ways. There has always been a tension between tradition
and modernity, as there is also between comfort zone and
change.
Some will be more conservatives and others will be more
adventurous and it is often difficult to find a consensus
between such different adaptive behaviours towards the
future. If that was not complicated enough, the way the
programming that we all follow in our different cultures
to perceive and deal with the outside world makes it even
more difficult to reconcile different points of views in a
global perspective.
Nonetheless, the psychological element is there, like it
or not. We cannot ignore it and we cannot deny it. For
the future, I believe it is probably a bigger challenge than
finding new technologies to solve problems. The trick will
be to manage the psychological to lead towards effective
solutions and shape a world in which we have a future.
There are useful lessons to be learned from the past
There are many useful lessons to be learned from the past,
just as there are useful ones from the present. We must
learn from them and use them to prevent repeating the
same mistakes. It will be useful to mix past, present and a
future vision to mix past experience with new knowledge
and new tools and to rethink how we could rebuild our
systems from scratch by eliminating unnecessary baggage
and increase their effectiveness.
Just like in the human brain, we have to find ways to
connect both hemispheres and build a bridge between the
poles. Our future and current leadership must manage
this fluid and grey area so that we use all of the potential
within our societies, our histories and ourselves to build
the foundation of a solid future. For everything that is
polarised, getting the best and eliminating the worst of
both worlds is the way to go, unless we want humanity to
end up bipolar.
Christophe Pelletier is a food and agriculture strategist
and futurist from Canada. He works internationally. He
has published two books on feeding the worlds growing
population. His blog is called The Food Futurist.
Milling News
Over US$80,000 raised

at 6th annual IMEF
auctions
hen the auctioneers gavel fell on the final

winning bid during the annual IAOM
Conference & Expo in Columbus, Ohio, the
International Milling Education Foundation had raised
US$81,500. The largest fundraising event of the year for
the Foundation, the evening included a combination of
silent and live auctions. The total included winning bids
and pledged donations.
I cant say enough about the amazing support we
continue to receive for the IMEF auctions, stated Brad
Allen, IMEF President at the conference.
This year, we had a record number of items donated to
the auction by our allied partners and milling companies.
With all of the exciting projects we have in the pipeline,
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the funds will be put to good use.

Since the first donations were made in 2004, weve been
able to raise over US$1.3 million, Mr Allen continued.
The funds raised have been used to support K-State
students and professionals in furthering their education,
as well as for developing content for a vocational training
program and a website to help promote the milling industry
as a great place to make a career.
The donations ensure that IMEF will be able to continue
to inspire leadership and achievement within the milling
community as the Foundation supports learning and
knowledge resources.
One of the recent projects funded by the IMEF
endowment was the development of a Milling Technician
certificate program, which is currently under way at
Cowley College in Arkansas City, Kansas. IAOM plans
to replicate the program in targeted areas within close
proximity to milling facilities across the US.
In addition, IMEF funds a scholarship program for
milling science students at Kansas State University, as
well as professionals in the industry to take the IAOM
Correspondence Course in Flour Milling and resident
milling courses. Two US$2500 scholarships were
presented to K-State students for the 2016-17 academic
year; and one scholarship to a professional for enrolment in
the Correspondence Course.
Donations to the auction were made by milling companies,
individuals, partner organisations, equipment and service
suppliers and others. Weve published the full list of
donations on the Global Miller blog (gfmt.blogspot.com)
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3 convincing reasons for PreAcid

use in broiler production
ne thing is certain, broiler chicken production

is a business for professionals. With advances
in breeding, feeding and animal husbandry, no
other livestock species has been optimised as much as the
modern breeds of broiler chicken. The key to successfully
maximising growth performance is a well-developed
intestine.
building blocks for the healthy development of the

intestine. They support the development of intestinal
villi and are therefore needed along the entire digestive
tract. Butyric acid and its salts are metabolised at the start
of the intestinal tract, where they become available to
epithelial cells as a source of energy. In contrast, gluconic
acid and its salts are not broken down until they reach
the final section of the intestinal tract (Asano et al. 1997),
PreAcid is required across the entire digestive tract
where they undergo bacterial fermentation that primarily
Butyric acid and its salts, the butyrates, are important
generates butyrate (Kameue et al 2004; Tsukahara et al
2002).
As butyrate is also the main source
Table 1: Effect of PreAcid on the performance parameters of broiler
of energy for epithelial cells of the
chicken
Farm 1
Farm 2
large intestine (Roediger 1980),
Positive
PreAcid
Positive
PreAcid
feeding gluconic acid and its salts can
control
Control
indirectly stimulate epithelial growth in
the final section of the intestinal tract as
End Weight (g) 209193.1 215534.0 2272124.7 242299.4
well. This favours the development of a
Daily weight
healthy intestinal structure (Biagi et al.
50.52.0
51.50.7
52.53.46 55.52.49
gains (g/day)
2006). The combination of butyrate and
Feed utilisation
gluconate therefore delivers an optimal
1.78
1.76
1.78
1.72
(g/g)
supply of energy for epithelial cells
Mortality (%)
7.34
6.96
9.03
5.52
along the entire intestinal tract, with the
known advantages.
Feed cost/kg
0.72
0.71
0.72
0.70
meat ()
Studies have shown that gluconic acid
can also stimulate the growth of useful
microorganisms, such as for example
bifidobacteria (Asano et al 1994; Tomioka et al 2001). An
increased concentration of bifidobacteria in the intestine
has a beneficial effect on the host organisms health and
reduces the risk of diarrhoea (Picard et al 2005).
Proven in practice: PreAcid is reliable
A series of tests carried out at two large broiler farms
examined the effects of PreAcid on biological performance
parameters and on the profitability of these businesses.
To this end, the animals at Farm 1 (n=135,300) and Farm
2 (n=103,400) were divided into two feeding groups
at each farm. The feed for the positive-control group
contained butyric acid in capsule form, while that for the
experimental group contained PreAcid.
PreAcid results: higher profitability
Following the analysis of eight sequential cycles, the
outcomes in the PreAcid group were clear cut:
reductions in mortality up to 39 percent
increases in end weights up to 6 percent
increases in daily weight gains up to 5.7 percent
The return from the broiler cycles increased, because
the production costs per kg poultry meat fell by up to 2.8
percent (see Table 1).
By using PreAcid, the production costs in both broiler
factory farms could be reduced and notably higher dressing
percentages achieved.
A positive side effect: As substantially lower odour levels
arise during processing, handling PreAcid is clearly more
pleasant compared with the use of butyrates.
For questions on cost-effective broiler production and the
use of PreAcid, contact:
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Milling News
IAOM elects president, vice

president and treasurer
rad Allen, vice president and operations lead for

Ardent Mills in Denver, Colorado, became the
112th president of the International Association of
Operative Millers (IAOM) at the Associations 120th annual
conference and expo on April 7, in Columbus, Ohio.
Stephen R Doyle, vice president at King Milling
Company in Lowell, Michigan, was elected 2016-2017
vice president, and Jeff Hole, director of milling at Grain
Craft in Mission Woods, Kansas, was elected 2016-2017
treasurer.
Highlighting the importance of safety in the workplace
and the importance that the message be industry-wide,
Brad Allen announced the theme for his presidency: Zero
is the Goal.
He also stressed an important secondary theme that
focuses on the development and training of a new
generation of millers to replace the anticipated 50 percent
of the workforce that will retire within the next decade.
As vice president, Stephen R Doyle will be responsible
for overseeing preparations for the Associations 2017
Left to right: Immediate Past President Roy Loepp, President

Brad Allen, Vice President Stephen Doyle, Treasurer Jeff Hole,
Executive Vice President Melinda Farris.
conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is in line to

serve as the Associations president from 2017-2018. Mr
Doyle has been an active member of IAOM since 1987.
While serving as IAOM vice president, he will also
be president of the International Milling Education
Foundation (IMEF), a philanthropic partner of IAOM that
funds a variety of educational programs related to the grain
milling industry.
As treasurer, Jeff Hole will be responsible for overseeing
preparations for the Associations 2017 and 2018
conferences in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Atlanta,
Georgia, respectively. He is also in line to serve as the
Associations president from 2018-2019. Mr Hole has been
an active member of IAOM since 1994.
While serving as IAOM treasurer, he will also be
vice president of the International Milling Education
Foundation (IMEF), a philanthropic partner of IAOM that
funds a variety of educational programs related to the grain
milling industry. Mr Hole has served as the Central District
Chairperson and on the IAOM board of directors from
2006-2012, representing the Central District. He has been
on the Employee Relations Committee since 2011.
Milling News
The need for farmers to adapt to suit the commercial

climate of the day
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by Chris Jackson, Export Manager UK TAG

Last month I wrote
my column as I
travelled through
India and then on to
the Philippines. Since
then, my travels have
continued through
Australia, Vietnam
and Thailand where
I witnessed agriculture go from one extreme of
subsistence farming to another of agriculture on
an industrial scale.
In Australia, you are also reminded that farming
is totally weather dependent. For instance, the
rains have so far missed parts of the Northern
Territory and Queensland where livestock are
starving and reliant on food deliveries of hay
and straw from New South Wales just to keep
alive vital breeding stock; with all other animals
having either been slaughtered early or died from
starvation.
For stock farmers, losing livestock is one of the
worst blows that you can suffer when they are
nurtured like family. For arable farmers and our
urban cousins, this is a fact not understood and
can be devastating. It matters not the breed of
the cattle, sheep, goat or pigs, their breeding is
always a lifetimes commitment.
Recently, we saw the efforts of the New South
Wales farmers who were attempting to alleviate
the pressure on their colleagues by sending the
biggest ever peace time convoy of trucks laden
with forage to the area.
In southern Queensland, the harvest of sorgum
is now getting started I think earlier than usual
so we hope that the yields are not depressed. In
central New South Wales there is a different story
where rice yields are proportionate to the amount
of rains that they have experienced. However,
where we see the price of water exceed the price
of land, without water crops or animals cannot
survive as we saw earlier in this article.
The commercial realities of farming
Then we look at the commercial realities of

farming and the farmers own ability to adapt
and change to suit the commercial climate of the
day.
With farmers changing in Queensland and
New South Wales from the worlds most staple
of diets, from rice to cotton. Where with new
varieties and cropping techniques and of course
prices in the millions per hectare being given
over to this new crop, and new cotton gins
developed to process the crop into cotton, seed
and oil. Interestingly, a lot of the Australian

cotton oil is sent to America for cooking; a
country with a long history of cotton growing.
There are now about 40 cotton gins operating in
Australia compared to the 1000 in the USA but
using all of the very latest technology to ensure
products of the highest quality. The newest gin I
was privileged to visit with an investment of over
AUS$ 40 mil owned by a farmer co operative
with this sort of investment high quality cotton is
another export product for the Australian farmers
backed with large investments in machinery and
irrigation.
Onward to Vietnam
From witnessing industrial farming in Australia

I travelled on to Vietnam. What a contrast!
However, a country with paddy fields of less
than half a hectare the country still ranks number
three in the world for rice exports.
In Vietnam, there is also not such a massive
reliance on machinery. They have the man power
in abundance with still more than 70 percent of
the population still relying on agriculture for their
incomes, which in some cases are still below
US$ 1000 per year.
However, with technology and education,
this should improve and the government has
ambitious plans in place to increase outputs.
With that increase in incomes, twinned with
modern genetics for crops and livestock, huge
increases in productivity can be achieved.
Vitally, as we see vast increases in industrial and
housing developments, twinned with increasing
urbanisation; all of which is taking place on the
best of our agricultural land. This is putting even
more pressure on the remaining farmers to use
their adaptability and expertise to continue to
produce food.
Looking towards Indonesia
Ensuring that we keep hold of the skills that the

world cannot afford to lose, with my colleagues
at Perendale we will be at Indo Livestock,
which this year is held in Jakarta. Here we will
be running some practical training sessions to
demonstrate new technologies for high quality
feeds, in order to improve livestock production.
Before going to Indonesia, I have another
exhibition the China Animal Husbandry Expo
held this year in Shenyang followed by World
Pork Expo in the USA where I hope to see some
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The biotech company

Unibio, which won the
Danish Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year
competition in 2015, is to
construct new production
facilities in Kalundborg,
Denmark. The facilities
- which are to employ
unique new technology to
produce sustainable protein
for animal feed - will be
built in connection with
Kalundborgs former water
purifying plant. The new
production facilities will be
built in cooperation with
Cowi and CKJ Steel, among
others, and construction is
expected to be finished by
end-2016.
The Hamburg-based
Stern-Wywiol Gruppe
achieved a record sales
figure of 444 million
Euros in 2015 resulting
in 12 percent growth for
the family business. The
number of employees
in Germany and abroad
rose to nearly 1000. It is
planned to continue this
positive development in
the growing international
market for food and feed
ingredients with investments
of EU25 million in the
next two years. They
include internationally
well-known names like
Hydrosol, Mhlenchemie,
SternMaid, SternVitamin,
Sternchemie, SternEnzym,
HERZA Schokolade and
Berg+Schmidt. Each
company has specific
competence in a particular
field, for instance bakery
or dairy products, deli
foods, meat, fish, chocolate,
flavourings, lecithin,
enzymes or vitamins.
Milling News
Animal Feed Safety Training Coming Soon

Kansas State Universitys IGP Institure to lead Food Safety Modernisation Act feed training
he Food Safety Modernisation Act is changing the

way we think about animal food safety in the feed
industry, says Cassandra Jones, assistant professor
of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University.
She adds, Many in the feed and pet food industries are
uncertain about the requirements of the rule and how it
applies to their situation.
As a result, Jones and a team of K-State faculty and
alumni are joining with the National Grain and Feed
Association to offer the NGFA-KSU Food Safety
Modernisation Act Feed Industry Training planned for
June 28-30, 2016 at the IGP Conference Center. The
preventative controls for animal food training curriculum
was developed by K-State in collaboration with faculty
from North Carolina State University. As the project
manager for the group who designed the curriculum, Jones
says she is excited to offer the training for industry and
regulators.
There are many new requirements, and this course
will describe those requirements to participants as well
as give some ideas for implementation and training to
those concepts, Jones says. She adds, Many industry
and regulatory personnel are requesting training to be a
Preventive Controls Qualified Individual. This course will
utilise the FDA-recognised curriculum to achieve this
certification.
Key topics covered in the course will include: the
applicability of the Preventative Controls for Animal Food
rule, the requirements for Current Good Manufacturing
Practices, and the items needed in a food safety plan, such
as hazard analysis and preventive controls.
The concepts participants learn in this course will be

pivotal in their success in developing and implementing
an animal food safety plan and food safety system, Jones
says.
This course is unique compared to other courses where
the curriculum is only for certification as a Preventive
Controls Qualified Individual, because it also includes
HACCP training. Upon completion of the course,
participants will hold two certificates of training one
from the Food Safety Preventative Controls Alliance and
one from the International HACCP Alliance.
This is just one example of the trainings offered through
IGP Institute. In addition to grain processing and flour
milling, IGP offers courses in the areas of grain marketing
and risk management, and feed manufacturing and grain
quality management.
www.igpevents.grains.ksu.edu
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Mill
Training
In the EU, approximately 75 percent of the industrially

produced compound feed is pelleted. Highest demands are put
on quality. An essential evaluation criterion for pellet quality is
abrasion stability.
IFF practical course: Pelleting

of compound feed
A multitude of influencing factors must be paid attention to,
like eg physical and chemical properties of the feed formulation,
steam quality, conditioning, operating parameters of pellet mills,
cooling, as well as stability of thermo-sensitive additives.
Conditioning, pressing and cooling require more than half of the
energy necessary for the production of compound feed. The rising
energy costs require the utilisation of possible savings. So it is
worthwhile to leverage knowledge and competence for optimised
process control!
To help you do precisely that, the IFF is offering a practical
course: Pelleting of compound feed on June 7-8, 2016, at their
centre in Braunschweig, Germany.
Technical knowledge on pelleting will be given both in lectures and
in practical exercises at the pilot plant of the institute. In practical
tests, different measuring and test methods will be introduced. The
participants will be enabled to improve the handling and control of
the pelleting process in daily practice with simple means.
The course mainly appeals to employees who are directly

involved in the pelleting process and can influence significantly
the essential quality properties of the produced pellets (abrasion
stability, moisture) by their technical know-how and experience.
The participation in this course is especially recommended for
the training and further education of persons who have entered the
compound-feed industry from other industries.
Course contents: Agglomeration / Measurement and pellet
quality / Steam generation / Operating parameters for pelleting /
Cooling / Stability of additives / Energy management / Practical
parts Pelleting and pellet quality I + II
The practical courses will take place time-shifted in small
groups on June 7-8, 2016 in Braunschweig, Germany. The lectures
will be given in English.
Registration closes 17 May 2016.
Download further details and registration form at
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Tipper
PRODUCT FOCUS
MAY 2016
In every edition of Milling and Grain,
we take a look at the products that will
be saving you time and money in the
milling process.
Flexicons new TIP-TITE Mobile Drum Tipper

allows dust-free transfer of bulk materials
from drums into process equipment and
storage vessels.
Ready to plug in and run, it is
mounted on a mobile frame
with quick-action floor
jacks for stable operation
anywhere in the plant.
The drum tipper is available
constructed of mild steel with
durable industrial finishes, with
material contact surfaces of
stainless steel, or in all-stainless
steel finished to food, dairy,
pharmaceutical or industrial
standards.
www.flexicon.com
Pinch closing station for Maia

The pinch closing station for the bagging station Maia is suitable
for dust-tight closures of pre-glued bags made of paper or
woven polypropylene usable for automated processing. With
the Bhler pinch closure the bags are glued instead of sewn.
Part of the machinery is a swivelling cover which allows quick
and easy access for cleaning and maintenance.
The Bhler pinch closing station offers maximum flexibility.
The open bags are safely guided through the process and
therefore ensure top reliability and work safety. The machine
can be adjusted
quickly and
without using
any tools to
different bag
sizes, filling
products and
bag types
made of paper
or woven
polypropylene.
AS SEEN AT:
VICTAM/FIAAP/
GRAPAS 2016
www.buhlergroup.com
Roto-Disc process transitions
Watchdog Super Elite
Roto-Disc, Inc now offers a full-range of process transitions that

make the task of mating equipment and piping with nonmatching dimensions easier and quicker.
4B Components Ltd, a worldwide manufacturer of material

handling and electronic components, has just released the all new
fourth generation Watchdog control unit for monitoring bucket
elevators and conveyors.
Among the many options available are round-to-square pipe

transitions, square and conical reducers, flexible stub adaptors
and sanitary pipe/tube extenders with clamp ferrules. Transitions
are available with
flanges on one or
both ends as are
flangeless/weld
stub transitions
and flanges
can be drilled
to suit. Custom
shapes such as
offset/oblique,
rectangular and
double-cone
types can also be
provided upon request.
www.rotodisc.com
The Watchdog Super

Elite can be connected
directly to a PLC using
Modbus TCP/IP protocol,
or integrated into
HazardMon.com, a
secure cloud based
solution that provides
live system status, graphs
and historical data that
is viewable on any webenabled device.
All 4B Watchdog sensors
are CSA Class II, Division 1
approved.
www.go4b.com
FOCUS
SPECIAL FOCUS
The cost of ensuring that bucket elevator transport systems are
explosion-safe can be up to three times as much as the cost of the
transport system itself. That is also why Poeth Solids Processing,
developers, builders, and installers high-quality machines and
production lines for a wide range of solids handling processes,
has developed the innovative and cost-effective Z-Conveyor for
the high-capacity transport of bulk solids to great heights.
Poeth. based in Tegelen in the Netherlands, believe that the
Z-Conveyor can be used for handling bulk solids in a wide
range of sectors including the feed, food, chemicals, petfood and
plastics.
The Z-Conveyor or Inclined Chain Conveyor is designed for
vertically handling a variety of dry, free
flowing bulk materials efficiently and with
high capacities he plastic flights are carried
by a chain, all contained in a standard trough.
Bulk materials flow smoothly and gently.
All materials are carried en masse without
tumbling, thereby keeping material agitation
and friction to a minimum. Because of
the employment of this technique, particle
degradation and separation are also
minimised.
The Z-Conveyor eliminates the need for
expensive investments in ATEX safety
systems. The new system is also energyefficient and suitable for handling fragile
products. Finally, the construction costs are
also significantly lower.
Transporting dry particulates without the
high cost of ATEX safety systems
Dry organic particulates are explosion-prone
by nature, especially when transported at
speeds in excess of 1 m/s. Bucket elevator
transport systems are very suitable for
transporting materials vertically, but such
systems are effective only at speeds in excess
of 2 m/s.
Accordingly, bucket elevator systems must
be equipped with increasingly rigorous and
expensive ATEX-compliant safety systems.
As a result, the costs associated with
decoupling, explosion suppression, load
relief, misalignment protection, automation, and maintenance for
bucket transport systems are presently up to three times as high as
the cost of the transport system itself.
That is why Poeth Solids Processing has developed a new
system for the horizontal, vertical, and/or diagonal transport of
explosion-prone dry products, which eliminates the need for
investing in expensive explosion suppression, and safety systems
that comply with the ATEX standard.
Energy-efficient and gentle transport without major

construction costs
The innovative design of the new Z-Conveyor developed by
Poeth High-capacity Z-Conveyor

Poeth allows for high loading levels and transport capacities
from 45 m up to 220 m per hour. Since the Z-Conveyer has
excellent performance characteristics at speeds well below 1 m/s,
there is also no risk of explosion. This eliminates the need for
making major investments in order to ensure compliance with
the increasingly strict ATEX safety standards, including the costs
resulting from the new CEN 305 legislation.
The new Z-Conveyor can also be installed without a roof
structure, basement, or building pit, resulting in additional
cost savings that make it a very attractive alternative to bucket
transport. The Z-Conveyor transports powders, particles, and
granulates gently and carefully, making it very suitable for fragile
ingredients such as malt, barley, maize, milk powders, coffee, tea,

cocoa, soya, pressed pellets, and extruded products.
Poeth brand new Z-Conveyor system is also incredibly energyefficient, offering savings of up to 90 percent of energy costs
compared to the alternatives such as pneumatic transport. The
system can be used for vertical transport up to heights of 10
metres and more.
Poeth develops, builds, and installs high-quality machines and
production lines for a wide range of solids handling processes.
The Z-Conveyor can be used for handling bulk solids in a wide
range of sectors including the feed, food, chemicals, petfood,
plastics, recycling, and brewery industries.
www.poeth.nl
05
Organised by
Peer Hansen, Director of Marketing and Sales at Eye-Grain, Denmark

(left) receives the 2016 GRAPAS Innovation Award for the iGrainCrop Protector technology based on ozonation technology from
Roger Gilbert of Milling and Grain with Eloise Hillier-Richardson
attending.
Yiannis Christodoulou of Agentis Innovations, Thailand (see picture
overleaf), accepted the runner-up award for his companys M007
Real-Time In-Line Feed Reformulation equipment.
Milling and Grain magazine, the worlds oldest milling magazine still
in print, sponsors the GRAPAS Innovation Awards. The Award is made
to the most innovative and economically beneficial equipment,
process or service.
Entries cover three categories:
1. A milling technology development (for flour, rice or other cereal)
2. A production process or refinement that makes for more
efficient and/or safe production
3. A service (online or otherwise) that helps millers achieve their
goals more efficiently
The following were considered innovative and were awarded:
commended; highly commented; runner-up and winner by the
independent judging panel.
WINNER
Eye-Grain APS, Denmark

- iGrain and Crop-Protector based on
ozonation technology
1st
PLACE
We believe ozonation technology will replace conventional use of

fumigants in the coming years, says Eye-Grain APS of Denmark
The advantage of this product:
Ozonation technology offers so many advantages over other ways
of dealing with infestation and unwanted biologic activity in stored
crops.
It is actually the only known technology that efficiently terminates all
types of pathogens in stored grain, including insects, fungus, bacteria, etc.
The iGrain and Crop-Protector organisations under Eye-Grain APS
has been one of the leading frontiers in acquiring know-how on practical
application of the ozonation technology for the last 15 years.
Judging panels comment
The applicant proposes the use of oxonation by applying ozone (O3)for the control
of insect infestation and unwanted biologic activity in stored cereal and other
grains. Infestation is one of the major causes of the degradation or even total loss of grain in
storage.
Ever since Methyl Bromide (CH3Br), an ozone depleting and hazardous gas, was disallowed as
a fumigant under the Montreal Protocol the industry has struggled to find viable alternatives, such as
phosphine, which are similarly hazardous.
The Applicant has described in detail, not only the principles of the new process but also means for its application. The
claims are backed up by a number of respected references and at least one learned paper. ( the Journal of Stored Products
Research, 7th May 2013). The fact that Ozone is highly oxidative and unstable, decomposing rapidly to oxygen without
leaving residues is a highly attractive characteristic. If the process proves to be practical in common use then it will constitute
an innovative and valuable advance in protecting food grains.
The iGrain in the food and feed industries

We have been involved in the development of ozonation technology for 15 years, and supplied some systems and lots
of know-how to the grain industry on this technology. We have recently taken the decision to move forward and design a
whole series of ozonation machines to cover many of the obvious applications in the grain industry. Eye-Grain
Grain stores are a perfect habitat for insects that live on dry seeds: they are protected from weather extremes and they
offer an unlimited food resource as well as an undisturbed long time span.
Insect infestation in stored grain can result in economic losses up to nine percent in developed countries and 20 percent,
locally much higher, in developing countries.
Furthermore, the presence of insects and their remains in grain may pose a health risk to humans and livestock.
At present the available control methods, are decreasing due in some cases to environmental and safety concerns
among consumers and the society, thus stressing the demand for alternative control methods.
Gaseous ozone (O3) is highly oxidative, unstable and decomposes rapidly to oxygen without leaving residues. It is a
powerful disinfectant used in water treatment and in the food industry and has recently received increasing interest for
control of insect pests in stored grain. Several papers report on the potential of ozone to control stored product pests and
it has also shown potential for control of insect strains that are resistant to the fumigant phosphine.
Lethal doses and exposure times for ozone vary and have been reported to range between five parts per million by
volume (ppm)/five days to 300ppm/18 hours for insects living among kernels. Ozone can also inactivate storage fungi in
grain.
Recent studies show that all life stages of some of the economically most important pests of stored grain worldwide have
stages that develop, concealed within kernels, such as eggs, larvae and pupae of primary pests, including insects that
attack whole kernels: the weevils Sitophilus Granarius L., S. Oryzae L. and S. Zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the Lesser Grain Borer, Rhyzopertha Dominica F. (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) can be treated and terminated
with the use of ozone including all life stages and their internal stages.
Internal stages are to some extent protected from exposure to ozone, however with the newly acquired knowledge it
has been possible to design a Crop-Protector Ozonator machine so that the treatment dose and time are matched to
terminate these life stages as well.
Safety issues
Unfortunately, traditional fumigation has in many cases lead to tragic lethal incidents with Methyl Bromide (now a redundant fumigant), Phosphine and other chemicals.
Fortunately, ozone is not toxic to humans in the doses required for ozonation of stored commodities. The scientific
literature describes only a few incidents with ozone in the wastewater industry. None of these were lethal and in wastewater applications the ozone concentration is 1001000 times higher than in the Crop-Protector Ozonator machine.
The toxicity to humans illustrated below, with indication of the ozone concentrated generated inside the closed loop
system (blue circle), and the expected ambient concentration (brown circle).
RUNNER UP
Agentis Innovations, Thailand

- M007 Real-Time In-Line Feed Reformulation
Today, there is no other technology or method that can deliver a solution to the age
old problem of moisture variation in the raw material. As such, the industry continues
to suffer the consequence of formulating and dosing moisture sensitive material based
on a fixed moisture value. The M007 Real Time In Line Reformulation technology will not
only instantly and accurately measure the moisture of raw material during the weighing
process of batching, but will also instantly and accurately auto-correct the raw material
weights to reflect the true dry matter as specified by the formulation.
This sophisticated and intelligent system, identifies each formulation and its original dry matter
target for each specified raw material. The auto corrections
are real time, meaning that the system will perform this action
for each and every batch of feed produced. Importantly, any
Judging panels comment
auto weight corrections are completed without any delay
The applicant is offering a system to optimise the proportions
to the usual batching process and all changes made to the
of materials in a feed, taking into account and compensating
raw material inclusion by the system are captured, stored and
for the variations of moisture content in the raw materials.
reported for verification, traceability and stock reconciliation
Moisture variations in raw materials used in the feed milling
purposes.
industry normally adversely affects the ability to optimise the
For the first time, feed companies are able to accurately
least-cost formulation of feeds.
control the true dry matter entering the mixer, produce feed
Agentis Innovations claims to have a unique ability to
that is to the correct nutrient density and make significant cost
compensate for these variations with its real-time and in-line
savings by avoiding nutrient giveaway and stock losses.
measurement capability. The resulting consistent production
Agentis Innovations M007 Real Time In Line Reformulation
of feed at the correct dry matter and formulated cost would
technology has been developed in such a way that is
provide significant economic benefits It is anticipated that
versatile and flexible, meaning that the same technology can
the technology could be modified to work and deliver similar
easily be modified to work and deliver the same results to
benefits to other milling industries including flour milling.
other milling industries such as flour milling.
Highly Commended
Dinnissen, The Netherlands - Hamex Hammermill with semiautomatic sieve exchanger
The screens are positioned in a screen holder on a guiding
system. This holder can move outwards over a horizontal slide.
However, the mill housing is fully closed in its extended end
position. The pneumatic screen clamp can be released, after
which the screens are to be exchanged manually.
The screen holder locks the screens in a hinged clamp that
opens up wide during screen exchange, so they slide in
easily. The operator only needs to be physically present at
the machine when sliding the screens out and in. The guiding
system is motorised and being operated in the safety zone.
Due to the very precise fit between the screens and the clamp,
product leakage is minimised. The machine is characterized by
high capacity, efficiency, very fine and precise grinding and
uniformity of the processed end-product
Highly Commended
Bastak, Turkey - Sampler Cleaner - Brand 13500
Through its rotatable cylinder sieve inside the device, a sample
can sifted and classified. The sample is then collected in the
balanced drawers for impurity.
Through the LCD touchable screen, the process can be
controlled including sieve turning speed, feeding gate opening,
blowing power and process time and language selection,
reports and logs.
Light materials, broken materials, good materials and foreign
materials can be separated easily and classified for: wheat,
barley, maize, rye, oats, etc. Before buying raw materials,
this device informs you about the quality of the products by
analyzing quality control and impurity. The product has 10-inch
touch screen whereas other machines dont everything on
the machine can be controlled by the touch screen. All results
can be printed out and all results are saved in a bulletin log.
Commended
IMAS, Turkey - Multimilla Roller Mill
Just over a year ago in April 2015, Imas introduced its cast
iron Multimilla Roller Mill. The roller mill body is made of lamel
black-lead cast iron. This material is used to absorb knocks and
vibration in machine bodies. This has advantage over steel.
Inox contact surfaces, Inox main walls: In addition to contact
surfaces in other roller mills, Multimilla roller mill main side walls
are also completely Inox. This is very important for hygiene and
sanitation.
The dimensions are accurate in cast iron bodies as the parts are
machined in CNC machines rather than being welded. As a
result, the parallelity of roll housings is excellent.
Turbo-negative pressure to eliminate dusting at feed gate: 1)
Evacuates trapped dusty air from the inlet hopper to the outlet
hopper by using pneumatic system and 2) adjustable turbo
system creates negative pressure around the break rolls.
Dust around the rolls is sucked in preventing it from escaping.
Commended
Norvidan A/S, Denmark - TADS (Temperature At the Die System)
The Norvidan TADS was introduced in 2015 is a system developed
to fight salmonella in the animal feed milling industry. Measuring
the temperature of pellets immediately when they are produced
at the die of the press can establish and record the true, highest
pellet temperature of the pellet and display and lock it into a
database for documentation, QA purposes.
The TADS is a on-line measuring mechanical device easily
mounted on the pellet press door. Via a PLC the signal is
provided to at PC for displaying and logging. It is the fully
automatic, logging of critical temperature data and hence it
reduces the task of staff in the mill and can potentially lead to
free staff for other tasks.
TADS also gives information on how well the conditioner(s)
are working since the temperature of the meal and the
temperature of the leaving the die can be compared and the
Temperature across the Die is known.
Commended
Matador (Jiangsu) Machinery Engineering Co Ltd, China - Feed Machines; turnkey feed plants and biomass machines
Matador designs and builds key process machines, but also offers complete plant solutions for the global animal feed and biomass
pellets industries. Its business is based on a competitive approach to matching the requirements of successful livestock feed, aquatic
feed, pet food and biomass pellets companies. When designing new technologies or customer specific plant solutions, Matador
has to take account of the demand for reliable processing, cost efficiency, uniform quality and high-performance animal feed
and biomass pellets, considering the shifting availability of feed ingredients, the increasing number of environmental standards and
hygiene regulations and the requirement for traceability in the interests of food safety.
THE IDEA EXCHANGE

SIX OF THE BEST
The early bird catches the worm, an English proverb which dates back to 1670s, was evident in Austin,
Texas, USA in February when Kirby Bradley of chaired an early morning gathering of The Grain Elevator and
Processing Society (GEAPS) members under the banner of an Idea Exchange.
Each year a number of companies are selected to give brief presentations on how their product or idea
benefits the industry. This year 11 companies participated and presented their latest developments in just a
few minutes the microphone going dead when time was up.
The Idea Exchange is open to all registered attendees and the conference hall at 09:00 on Sunday February
28, 2016 was crowed with standing room only.
Milling and Grain presents six of the best ideas presented this year in our post-event report below:
R. Stahl Inc by Ross Blanford, Southeastern

Regional Sales Director, R. Stahl Inc
The R. Stahl Epik breaker panel is one of a series of
solutions designed for the NEC market to eliminate
the need for cast aluminum enclosures in areas
where hazardous dusts, gases and fibers are present.
Constructed of 316S stainless steel, it is designed using UL489 certified
explosion protected breaker technology, moving the explosion protection
from the enclosure to the breaker itself providing a safer and more cost
effective way to install power distribution, heat trace and lighting panels in
hazardous locations.
This is a Class II, Division 1 & 2 Group G certified product with main lug only
distribution, up to 42 circuits, GFI/GFCI available in 5mA and 30mA and a
unique photo cell designed with both battery back-up and standard fixtures
R. Stahl offers a complete selection of explosion protected electrical and
automation equipment along with custom system solutions to help prevent
explosions in your facility.
Email: ross.blanford@rstahl.com
www.rstahl.com
Kasa Controls & Automation
by John Claman, Representative, Kasa Controls & Automation
KTrack Bin Inventory Management and Traceability

Software by Konnection provides bin graphics with
commodities, volume, and grade factors per bin.
It improves inventory management and provides
one step back/one step forward traceability as
required by the 2002 Bioterrorism Act and by processors due to FSMA.
KTrack works with existing scale-interface software to assign inbound
and outbound tickets to the corresponding destination or source bins. It
provides bin determination to prevent co-mingling of commodities and
helps segregate wet, dry, high protein, GMO, etc.
For producers, KTrack sends texts and emails of ticket data upon weigh
out, improving harvest decisions, quality, and customer service and for
plant operators, KTrack sends texts and emails as bins near full to prevent
slugging.
Our software also sends messages if trucks are onsite longer than usual.
KTrack can be accessed remotely, display multiple locations, and can
improve service to customers as well as public and employee safety.
Email: jclaman@konnection.com
www.konnection.com
The Arnold Company
by Albert
Middeke, President and owner of the Arnold
Company
The Rhino Railcar Vibrator Lifter removes the
danger of lifting, attaching and removing heavy
railcar vibrators.
Although very beneficial, railcar vibrators typically weigh between 6585lbs (30-40kg), making the task of lifting and maneuvering them quite
unsafe for one person.
The Rhino is powered by a pneumatic motor which operates a smooth
and powerful hydraulic system designed to safely and easily adjust the
vibrator height and angle with simple joystick controls. This enables a single
user to easily lift and align the railcar vibrator to attach and remove it from
the railcar pocket.
The vibrator and the lifter operate off of the same pneumatic line,
allowing the user to simply switch air power from the Rhinos hydraulics to
the pneumatic vibrator with the touch of a lever. Custom brackets allow
the lifter to be used with either roller vibrators or piston vibrators.
Email: albert@arnoldcompany.com
Website: www.arnoldcompany.com
Electro-Sensors Inc by Rick Eller, Sales and Business Development Manager, Electro-Sensors Inc
As crop production and facility automation
increase, requirements for hazard monitoring
systems to quickly and accurately detect and
report equipment failures also increase. This is
especially critical where undetected warnings
or slow responsiveness may lead to catastrophic
losses of human life or plant equipment.
Traditionally, bearing temperature warning and shutdown values were
fixed and did not compensate for fluctuating environments or seasonal
temperatures. The HazardPRO TM wireless system solves this by adding
ambient sensors in combination with equipment temperature sensors to
minimize false alarms while immediately notifying of legitimate warnings to
ensure equipment is safely managed.
Grain elevators incorporating HazardPRO utilize ambient sensors on each
side of the tail and head sections to continuously monitor temperature
changes and adjust warning and shutdown set points real-time and
in direct proportion with the current conditions. The resulting benefit
of ambient compensation is increased plant safety with fewer invalid
nuisance alarms.
Email: reller@electro-sensors.com
www.electro-sensors.com
4B Components Ltd
by Brian Knapp,
Vice President Electronics Division of 4B
Components Ltd
The Milli-Speed is a two-wire loop powered 4-20
mA analog output sensor. It is designed to detect
belt slip, belt under speed, stop motion, low speed
or zero speed on bucket elevators, conveyors,
airlocks, fans and other rotating machines.
The Milli-Speed is set to the machines normal running speed by simple
magnetic calibration. During calibration, the 4-20mA linear output signal is
automatically scaled for zero speed (4mA) to full speed (17mA) with over
speed detection (20mA). Unlike other 4-20mA sensors, the output signal of
the Milli-Speed is consistent over different shaft speeds, which eliminates
PLC or DCS programming errors.
The Milli-Speed is Class II Division 1 Groups E, F & G approved for
hazardous dust environments. Additionally, 4Bs SpeedMaster can be
used to verify the calibration of the Milli-Speed to ensure that the alarm
and shutdown features of your entire system are working correctly.
Email: bknapp@go4b.com
Website: www.go4b.com/usa
BinMaster
by Scott Hudson, Executive Vice

President of Sales & Marketing, BinMaster
Simple, yet sophisticated bin monitoring that
tracks real-time temperature development, grain
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MID-YEAR MILL REPORT CHINA
ADM FEEDMILL
A GIANT AMONG TURNKEY PROJECT COMPANIES
Meeting growing food demand

requires fast, smart work
by Roger Gilbert, Publisher
ver the past decade, or possibly

longer, one of Chinas major
feedmilling equipment companies
has been constructing more than
350 feedmills annually. In 2014 the
company built an astonishing 400
new feedmills around the world.
Many of those mills have been
constructed within short time
frames and often within 10 months from ground-break to
commissioning.
Milling and Grain was fortunate enough to visit one all-concrete
construction coming online when I visited China in December
2015, and was invited by Famsun (Muyang Holdings) to tour the
new 110,000-tonne ADM feedmill the first the company has
built in China.
This is our high-speed solution, says the project manager for
Famsun (Muyang Holdings) to the countrys growing demand for
more food and who will remain committed to the project for three
months following commissioning.
Slower growth projected
However, the future is not so bright in terms of total

constructions as more competitors enter the internal market and
falling local demand.
The latter may seem to be an incredible change after so many
years of steady year-on-year increases in demand, but those
within the feed industry in China point directly to the fall in
demand for meat, fish and dairy products, which in turn has
brought about a significant drop in total feed production the
country has experienced since 2013: At that time output was
destined to rise from 189 million tonnes to over 200 milling
tonnes per annum.
Today, total feed production has fallen to under 180 million

tonnes and is projected to fall further before stabilising.
Performing at above the global average
Regardless of the cutback, China is still producing more than

133.6kg of scientifically formulated compound feed per head of
population, which is the worlds average
There is no doubt that a country of 1.3 billion people needs
more feedmills and the Famsun (Muyang Holdings) company
continues to deliver a large number of those mills at affordable
prices and with some sophistication that meets the demands being
placed upon the local feed industry to match international feed
production standards.
It is also worth noting that China is turning from a supply
driven economy to one that has a growing internal demand for
consumer products, and food proteins cannot be excluded.
"The demand for new mill building is not limited to China
alone" says our guide.
Asia is turning to total turnkey projects as many countries do
"Visiting a mill being commissioned brings all

those linked yet individual components to
life as one functioning unit and allows the
building itself to begin to take on a heart beat
and a warmth that is a positive force that
you know can only be appreciated by all the
farmers, livestock and ultimately people who
will improve their income and food intake as a
result of a construction of this nature"
not have the engineering experience locally to build the mills

needed themselves.
We are also developing outside Asia. Famsun (Muyang
Holdings) has nearly 50 agencies, sales and service stations and
spare parts warehouses worldwide and close to its customers
and is reaching as far away as Spain and the USA and we have
already finished three such mills, he adds.
To achieve its goals, Famsun (Muyang Holdings) has moved
away from simply providing worldwide support from is homebase in China.
In the past we had sales people only outside China, today we
have worldwide support from our production bases the provide
research and development, servicing and wear housing in several
locations.
The new mill build
We enter the mill through the bagging and dispatch area.

Final products are served with two production outlets all in
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entering the reception area and being guided by Famsun (Muyang

Holdings) project manager at the ADM mill.
We are welcome to view all levels of the mill and explore all
areas, however due to commercial reasons we are not given
permission to report on the production process nor the equipment
installed. However, suffice to say this mill measures up to
anything we have toured outside China and is operating with
most up-to-date computer control systems.
From top to bottom
We visited the header room where we learnt that a large volume

of the raw material to be used in compound feeds would be
maize, which is a very abrasive material. A white air systems
has been installed with a new design to collect dust.
The top floor also houses all the dust collection equipment. On
the same floor we found sifters that all raw materials pass over
before going to the grinding bins for pre-grinding.
The energy for the mill is provided by an independent boiler
house constructed by Famsun (Muyang Holdings) and is located
across the road. It provides energy to other facilities besides the
feedmill in this industrial area.
The control room is fitted with both Famsun (Muyang
Holdings) and WEM computer control systems which are run by
a production manager.
At the time we visited the mill was carrying our fire testing
on the hammer mills and all systems were working correctly
and to international standards, we were informed by the project
manager. The mill was operating a start-up schedule, of just one

eight-hour shift per day.
We also viewed the cooler and an automated steam-heated fat
coating unit for coating pellets.
There can be nothing better than visiting a new

feedmill.
Everything is clean and dust free; the equipment is gleaming

and in its livery and branded colours.
Visiting a mill being commissioned brings all those linked yet
individual components to life as one functioning unit and allows
the building itself to begin to take on a heart beat and a warmth
that is a positive force that you know can only be appreciated by
all the farmers, livestock and ultimately people who will improve
their income and food intake as a result of a construction of this
nature. The mill was officially opened on November 12, 2015.
Our visit came a moth later.
Installation of all processing equipment had taken just three
months, being lifted into the all-concrete building through an
open side that had been left unfinished in order for this to take
place, and was only closed after all equipment and internal
construction work had been completed.
Our designers worked with the construction company to
build a factory with equipment in place in 10 months, says the
project manager proudly. And we must congratulate him, Famsun
(Muyang Holdings), the construction company and ADM for
such an uplifting experience. Thank you.
MID-YEAR MILL REPORT ITALY
NEWCOPAN
REPRODUCING AND UP-SCALING LOCAL TRADITIONS
by Tom Blacker, Milling and Grain magazine

he Newcopan mill, located in the quaint Tuscan town of
Castelfiorentino just south west of Florence, is a new
mill by Golfetto Sangati which was built to produce
traditional Tuscan flour.
However, there is much more to what is being
produced here than first meets the eye.
The Tognetti family, entrepreneurs in the
bakery industry for well over 50 years,
are proud to show their new mill,
which was built with the specific aim of processing one of
the most typical and ancient cereals of Tuscany, the Verna
wheat.
The strategy for this mill derives from the first
PIF (Progetto Integrato di Filiera, i.e. Integrated
Production Chain Project), developed by Regione
Toscana on cereals. The agronomy department
of Scuola Superiore SantAnna di Pisa and the
medicine department of Firenze University
cooperated in order to preserve and enhance local
varieties of agricultural products by producing
farm-to-table food.
The mill processes grains farmed by 60 Tuscan
crop farmers and is the first project of its kind in
Italy, thus improving the traceability of flour from
farm-to-mill, mill-to-bakery and bakery-to-market;
guaranteeing the superior quality of the food.
Verna grain: health and tradition
The Verna variety of flour is also said to be a

healthy alternative as Tuscan bread. Here below
are its main features:
Increased amounts of beneficial nutrients
(vitamins of group B as folic acid and vitamin
B6 and minerals such as phosphorus,
magnesium, selenium)
Increased amounts of antioxidants
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(vitamin E, polyphenols, carotenoids)
Minor and different structure of the gluten
molecule (lower susceptibility for those sensitive to
gluten and/or irritable bowel)
More fiber (useful for the prevention of
cardiovascular diseases and cancer)
According to a study performed by the University
of Florence in Medicine Scope of the Project:
Quantic Research Within the P.I.F, all of the
measures employed at Newcopan result in an
improvement of the cardiovascular risk profile which
in turn is going to reduce risk parameters such as
total cholesterol, bad cholesterol LDL, blood sugar
and blood viscosity in the human condition.
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This technologically advanced mill, also includes
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The production process comprises of a pre-cleaning
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"The Tognetti family is

planning to promote
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quality of Tuscan food
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This technologically advanced mill,

also includes a traditional millstone
solely dedicated to the production of
whole wheat flour.
grinding, guaranteeing a very good final flour yield. Subsequent

milling with the new Synthesis mills, sieving using a GQTG
Plansichter and the cleaning by Puriswing purifiers ensures the
optimal selection of the ground products.
The entire milling process is fully manageable and controllable
through computer or mobile devices so that both performance and
complete traceability are guaranteed.
Exports and training: key to future growth
In addition to the traditional machines, the cleaning process

includes a separator with air extractor, a stone remover, intensive
cleaning brushes and an optical sorter, to guarantee perfect
sorting of the good cereal to be sent through to milling.
Automatic conditioning keeps the humidity constant during
To date, Newcopan has enjoyed over 20 years of exports of

bakery four to the UK; an admirer of quality products coming
from Tuscany. The Tognetti family is planning to promote the
authenticity and quality of Tuscan food in the UK market where
buyers are always appreciative of the very finest food products.
One of the major attributes that I witnessed when visiting
Newcopan is the presence of a very evident focus on establishing
sustainable growth.
The partnership with Pisa Scuola Superiore SantAnna and
Firenze University, teamed with the cooperation of wheat farmers,
displays Newcopans desire to increase its market share going
forward so that it will be manufacturing and promoting the benefits
of the Tuscan tradition in safe and healthy food products.
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MID-YEAR MILL REPORT IRAQ
THE
AL BASRA
FLOUR MILL
ybakar announces the delivery

of Al Basra flour mill in Iraq last
month. Owned by Kubba group,
Al Basra flourmill is one of the
most prestigious flour milling
companies in Iraq, with the group
being in the milling business
since the 1960s.
Currently, Al Basra flourmill is
the most developed flourmill in Iraq. Equipped with Aybakars
crown jewel CERES II INOX roller mills, the mill exceeds Iraqi
and international standards. These stainless steel roller mills
are equipped with PLC driven control units, central lubrication
system, rolls that can be replaced within 20 minutes and
retractable feed rolls.
With a capacity of 250 tons/day, Al Basra flourmill is
controlled by state of art PLC system. The mill features a precleaning system of 50 tons/hour and a cleaning system of 15
tons/hour. All the products are weighed and conveyed to storage
by pneumatic systems. The packing system includes double
weighing bagging machines at a capacity of 20 tons/hour for
flour and 15 tons/hour for bran.
Trying to fit the latest equipment was very

challenging
The job was very challenging, says Mrs Filiz Aybakar. The
mill building was made for older technology and trying to fit
The mill building

was made for
older technology
and trying to fit the
latest equipment
was very
challenging"
the latest equipment was very challenging. We had to apply

many custom made solutions. This is one of our strongest
suits: we create tailor made solutions to satisfy the needs of
our customer she said. The average temperature is over 40
degrees Celsius for more than four months in Basra with a
humidity of over 80 percent. We had to take the local conditions
into account during our design phase.
This was not the first time that Kubbe group dealt with
Aybakar. The business relationship has been going on over
20 years. The owner of the mill, Mr Kais Hikmet Kubba is
very satisfied with his new mill: we have been dealing with
Aybakar for very long time. Previously, we bought individual
machines such as roller mills, sifters and bagging systems from
them.
I now consider myself part of the Aybakar family
Our experience was more than satisfying with reliable

machines and good after sales service, stated Mr Kubba,
adding that, I can easily say that I now consider myself part of Aybakar family, as they have
always been there for us when we needed them.
Mr Kubba also complimented the cost effectiveness of the project and the efficiency with
which Aybakar executed when he added that, When we gave them a turnkey Project, we were
amazed with the solutions that they created for us. While keeping the investment cost low, they
were able to adapt the latest technology to my mill.
Thanks to my team of experts and Aybakars technology; our flour is the most sought after
product in the Basra region.
MID-YEAR MILL REPORT TAIWAN
CTH MILLS
A FLOUR MILLING INDUSTRY THATS BASED ON

FRIENDSHIPS AND PATRIOTISM
Milling and Grain reports on its visit to the latest new build in Taiwan
CTH Mills that has the industry talking throughout South East Asia
aiwan has not always been the graceful,
peaceful and plentiful country it is
today. There was a time following the
Second World War when the country
was in a poor state and conditions were
tough for a population that had not
long annexed itself from the Chinese
mainland, and was relying on its own
dedication and resources to establish a
new beginning and to feed itself.
My great grandfather built our original flour mill here in Taipei
in 1953 over 60 years ago. He had been working in Thailand
prior to the war and operated a gold shop business in Bangkoks
Chinatown says Brian Lin Suphananonta, who is in his early-30s
and is now operating the family milling business which owns the
newest flour mill in Taiwan.
Mr Suphananonta is a fourth generation flour miller at his
family-owned Chiao Thai Hsing Enterprise Company where
he has worked since 2012. He speaks excellent English and
has studied at Boston University, USA, when he gained an
undergraduate degree in finance and operation.
He has completed the IAOM Fundamental Milling Course, has
attended the OCRIM Milling Training Course and has a KSU/
IGP Milling Specialist Credential.
In his role as Assistant to the Chairman, he oversees the
day-to-day operation of the new mill, which is in the Yangmei
District of Taoyuan on the outskirts of Taipei. He is supported by
Plant Manager Cheng, who has worked in the family business
for more than 50 years and is the second-longest serving
employee. Alongside Mr Cheng is Leon Huang, who joined the
company at the start of the new build in 2011, and is extremely
knowledgeable about the new operating systems within the mill.
The government had asked skilled men to do something in
Taiwan for the food industry, he adds.
After the war the Taiwan government asked businessmen who
had gone abroad to invest in Taiwan and a lot of patriotic people

like my great grandfather came back. He built one of the first
flour mills in Taiwan.
Today, the family business tops-and-tails the flour milling
industry in Taiwan; having built the earliest mill in the country
and now the newest mill.
The family business is known locally as CTH Mills and is
processing over 1000 tonnes of wheat per day for the Taiwanese
market.
The original mills is located in downtown Taipei and accounts
for 30 percent of total production while the new CTH Mill, at
Taoyuan, makes up the remaining 70 percent.
The new mill was built and equipped by Ocrim and is attracting
attention not only from within the country but also from
throughout South East Asia as visiting flour millers come from as
far afield as Indonesia and the Philippines can testify.
Whilst the old mill was destined to close in 2016 it still
continues to process wheat at 300 tonnes per day today, while the
new mill processes 760 tonnes per day from its two production
lines.
This is the most technologically-advanced flour mill in the
region, says Mr Suphananonta. It is fully computerised and
highly automated.
Friendships in flour milling
What strikes the visitor as unusual is that the CTH Mill not
only stands right beside the companys main competitor in the
marketplace, but it has a high-level conveyor link which joins the
two companies production facilities.
We are very friendly with our neighbor, says Mr
Suphananonta proudly.
Its the LH Mill and is the countrys number one flour
production unit in terms of volume. The location and linkage is
all about Taiwanese businesses helping each other, which reflects
the spirit of communal effort that has allowed the country to
survive independently in the South China Sea.

Theres personal friendships involved and a synergy between
production units of the two mills. We share the future and on
occasion when wheat supplies demand it we can readily supply
each other. We also offer each other technical support, he adds.
Taiwan has a population of some 23 million inhabitants
supported by just 20 flour mills of varying capacities and
qualities. In the past the country had built 30-40 mills but many
were not efficient and have closed.
Todays consumers are looking for higher quality foodstuffs
and safety compliance. Older mills cannot achieve what new

mills can in these terms, he adds.
We see these older mills being phased out over time. There
is also over-capacity in our marketplace and a lot of the smaller
mills are running at just 10-20 percent.
We try to deliver quality and a value-added services to win
over customers, but this is difficult in a marketplace where
personal relationships are important.
Many mills have been family-operated for two or three
generations like ours and have loyal customers. They are not
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each batch is accurately measured and is significantly better than
traditional mechanical systems.
In addition, the mill has more modern purifiers. An
advancement, says Mr Suphananonta is that there is now an extra
set to do detailed particle separation from the outer layer of the
grain.
The mill itself is positively pressurised to pharmaceutical
standards, so it is set up to keep outside air and foreign particles
from entering the building. This is in addition to a central vacuum
systems that operates through one combined system for the entire
mill.
Separate from the mill itself are the brand-new stone grinding
mills and this is where the mill is looking to expand its
production in future.
Overall flour standards in the country are high compared to
less developed countries in the region.
We hope to be a pioneer of healthy flour products, with
products produced from spelts milled from ancient wheat
varieties.
However, at present we are more of a standard white flour mill
but we would like to produce products in the Japanese style, for
example, in future, explains Mr Suphananonta.
Gluten-free, while not yet an issue in Asia is making an impact
and one Mr Suphananonta does not favour.
We should be supporting studies based on sound science rather
than just responding to initiatives being undertaken by special
interest groups.
There is a trend for people to believe what they read in
magazines and books. This is not a health issue but a fitness
issue. People interviewed keep hearing gluten is bad for us.
Scientifically, unless you have celiac disease, its not bad for
you and therefore not eating gluten is simply a personal choice,
which is fine but should not be seen as a choice warranted due to
imaginary health concerns.
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losing money and have enough production to sustain themselves,

but over the next five to 10 years we will see the next generation
unable to take over their families operations and there will be a
better opportunity for prosperity among the new facilities being
built, he explains.
In the future the milling industry will have to be able to meet
increasing regulation requirements, he points out.
We have had our share of scandals around food safety and oil
production caused by people cutting corners.
With stricter regulations and consumers becoming more
sensitive to what they are putting on their tables, we will need
people in our industry who are dedicated to safety and quality.
Equipped for the future
CTH Mills has the first optical colour sorters to be installed in

Taiwan and all incoming wheat passes through them. Both are
20-tonne-per-hour capacity machines.
Without the colour sorters one of the problems had been toxin
contamination, where damaged and discoloured grains and
cereals were finding their way into the production system. The
new Ocrim equipment takes care of this aspect of quality control.
The mill also has automated moisture monitoring, which
controls tempering and provides consistent tempering
percentages. The flour milling process also sees little bran taken
out on the paddles and the loss-in-weight weighers means that
The flour mill is supported by a brand new, all-concrete,

20,000-tonne capacity bank of silos that are arranged in a grid of
28 individual units with 18 1000 tonnes bins plus 10 star bins of
600 tonnes.
The entire mill is built like a fortress at a cost of US$100
million including equipment, says Mr Suphananonta.
We are in an earthquake region on the Pacific rim and therefore
the foundations of the mill and silos have been built to withstand
a significant earthquake.
Milling in a hot and humid country also focuses the production
staff on addressing mould and condensation challenges.
Mr Suphananonta says mould is always an issue and all areas of
the mill have to be cleaned regularly in an attempt to combat the
problem and control the moisture levels in the final product.
We use grade one wheat with a falling number above 350 so
that our raw materials remain in good condition.
Wheat storage is limited to a duration of just one month with
shipments coming in by trucks every operational day. The
companys quality assurance laboratory also carries out random
wheat sampling for trucks coming into the mill.
We have a full bakery laboratory and we test everything that is
workable in our flour.
Full transparency with customers
The whole mill is controlled by just three operational staff per

shift, excluding those on the bagging lines and in warehousing.
The mill runs a two-shift schedule.
All flour passes through a quality control and assessment
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process where specifications are recorded in terms of their: batch
number, manufacturing date, best before date, moisture and
protein levels, product fineness, bacterial count, bake test, overall
performance test on a pass or fail basis, pesticide residues status
and toxins.
Each batch is signed off by the quality assurance supervisor
before receiving a finally stamp of approval from the companys
technical team.
These specifications are standard. What really concerns us are
the bacterial counts and USDA pesticide and toxin residue reports
which are directly of concern to bakeries and consumers.
The company offers its customers the ability to track the
products they buy through a website that contains all the
certification details by batch number; including each products
GMO status. A QR code sticker on its 1kg product packaging
instantly links buyers to the relevant batch information online.
Through this type of transparency customers can see
everything we have recorded for each batch produced and wheat
used except sensitive information such as prices of course.
Our commitment to our customers is to provide a safe, highquality product. And of course we all know that we should get
what we pay for.
Our statistics show that two out of 10 visitors to our website are
buyers. Young people are trying to use the service and bread makers
also have cell phones and are looking at the batch information
we provide on the website. This gives the consumer increased
confidence in what we are providing for them and their families.
Security not overlooked
Security and sanitary standards are also important in

maintaining quality standards.
We need to know who comes into the mill and who goes in and
out of all our production areas. Each door is key-card operated.
And there are over 300 cameras monitoring the factory and its
production processes.
Finally, Mr Suphananonta talks about the need to maintain
cleanliness in the flour mill at all times.
We have a dedicated team of cleaners that keeps the whole
mill clean. And cleanliness is the company watchword not only
throughout the factory and its surroundings, but more importantly
in the products it produces.
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GRAINS
challenging press perceptions
by Judi Adams, MS, RDN, J Adams & Co.
Consulting
isparagement of carbohydrates
dates back to the 1800s and is
periodically revived by charlatans
who want to sell books or products.
Unfortunately, primarily in
developed countries, many citizens
are looking for magic bullets to
lose weight. Low-carbohydrate
diets have been shown to reduce
weight faster than high-carb diets, but the weight comes back
just as quickly when the diet is ended. The good news is that
few people can stay on a low-carb diet long enough to do any
permanent damage to their bodies.
Grain foods are also accused of causing numerous diseases and
conditions, but a recent article from CIMMYT (International
Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) puts those accusations in
proper perspective:
If it were correct that cereals were the cause of Alzheimers,
arteriosclerosis, Parkinsons, autism and loss of cognitive
capacity and neurodevelopmental disorders, civilization would
have been incapacitated and come to a halt many years ago.
(Anti-Wheat Fad Diets Undermine Global Food Security
Efforts: Wheat consumption healthy despite claims in self-help
publications. Roberto J. Pea, Hans J. Braun and Julie Mollins.
2014.)
Gluten-free products. Whats the future?
Gluten-free, which is the therapeutic diet for those with celiac

disease (CD), has become a fad around the world in countries
where citizens are affluent enough to pick and choose what
they want to eat. In reality it is just another low-carbohydrate
diet. While we know the incidence of celiac disease (CD) has
increased, it still averages about 1 percent of the population
worldwide. However, Scandinavian countries as well as Ireland
and Italy have much higher percentages as do some Middle
Eastern and North African countries.
Dr. David Sheluga, Director of Consumer Insights for Ardent
Mills in the U.S., has done extensive research on the gluten-free
market. His 2012 research found that many companies tracking
gluten-free purchases included products that are naturally glutenfree such as meats, dairy foods, fruits and vegetables, therefore
In spite of the thousands of

research studies showing grain
foods are key in a nutritious diet,
they are still demonised in some
parts of the world
inaccurately exaggerating sales far beyond what was actual.

However, it is still a huge number. According to Nielsen, the
gluten free specialty products category has doubled in size in just
the past three years growing from nearly US$600 million in 2012,
to nearly US$1.3 billion in 2015 (Nielsen Scantrack, Total US,
XAOC). When Sheluga added outlet sales such as Whole Foods,
Trader Joes, Costco, Aldis, health food stores and internet sales,
the number jumped to US$1.49 billion. Sales growth is projected
by Ardent Mills to continue to soften through 2018 when growth
could be about 2 percent.
The good news for wheat, barley and rye millers is that growth
has slowed compared to 2013, the peak growth year at 44 percent
increase in sales. 2014 showed a 29 percent growth in sales and
a 14 percent increase in 2015. According to Dr. Sheluga, this
decline is indicative of a maturing category even with US$50.5
million in new products last year. Existing products grew about
US$108 million in 2015, well below the pace of earlier years.
Dr. Shelugas research showed that the fastest growing category
(50 percent growth) last year was frozen meals a convenience
item. When I remember the labor intensive cooking my mother, a
full-time school teacher, did in the 1950s for my brother who has
CD, I appreciate the need for convenience foods for this market.
The number two category was crackers and then breads, bagels,
rolls, etc. Interestingly, many of the snack products have moved
Gluten-free from the top to the bottom of the package and can
now be found in the mainstream snack aisle. Even the websites
for many of the granola/protein bars and snack chips no longer
emphasise that the product is gluten-free. Therefore, many of
these were eliminated from Ardent Mills 2015 analysis making
the size of the category smaller.
There are few gluten-free products in wide distribution in the
U.S. A general rule to be a national brand is 80 percent or more
distribution. Shelugas research showed of the 1,632 products
in 2014 which have a clear gluten-free claim, were developed
especially for the gluten-free consumer and made by companies
committed to the gluten-free marketplace, only 23 (1 percent) had
over 40 percent distribution. Only one had 60 percent distribution
Betty Crockers Bisquick gluten-free mix. Eighty-one percent
of the manufacturers have less than US$1 million in sales.
In 2013, four brands, Udis, Glutino, Vans and Rudis Organic,
were the major manufacturers accounting for about 20 percent of
Images courtesy of the

Wheat Foods Council
the total gluten-free sales. Their growth was

52 percent compared to the overall category
growth of 44 percent. In 2015 their growth slowed
to 1 percent and two of the brands, Glutino and
Rudis, actually declined in 2015.
Another clue that gluten-free is slowing down is the
number of internet searches for gluten-free. While still
frequent, the searches have decreased 18 percent since 2013.
Enhance the value of your product through grain

fortification.
According to the Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI), 85 countries

around the world fortify grains with one or more nutrients. Sixtyseven countries just fortify wheat; 12 fortify both wheat and maize;
3 do wheat and rice; 2 countries fortify wheat, maize and rice and 1
country just fortifies rice for a total of only 6 countries that fortify
rice.
Fortification nutrients include iron, folic acid and three other B
vitamins (riboflavin, niacin and thiamin), vitamins A and D, calcium
and zinc. Each country decides which nutrients to use. It may take
up to 3 years before seeing the health improvements from iron
fortification but only 3-4 months from folic acid.
The benefits of fortifications far outweigh the cost of fortifying. The
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throughout the
world, grain foods
are usually the largest
portion of any government
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decreased mental capacity of children with insufficient iron has
life-long consequences of decreased productivity and quality of
life. In 2015 there was progress in increased fortification of iron
around the world.
Blindness can occur with an insufficient amount of vitamin A
which also has lifetime costs and reduced quality of life. Babies
born with neural tube defects (NTDs), such as spina bifida, undergo a lifetime of surgeries in addition to lost productivity. Women
must have adequate folic acid in their blood before they are
pregnant to reduce the risk of NTDs. Since so many pregnancies
are unplanned, numerous women do not take pre-prenatal
vitamins with folic acid. Fortified grains are the most convenient
and effective way to ensure healthy babies.
Less than 1/3 of total wheat flour production worldwide is
fortified, only a little over 50 percent of all maize is and only 8
percent of rice is. Unfortunately, Egypt stopped fortifying folic
acid in wheat in 2015 which was a major set-back. According to
FFI, 62 percent of all the worlds rice is now industrially milled,
therefore opening new opportunities for rice fortification.
Governments and industry need to share the cost of fortifying.
This includes the actual ingredients, necessary start-up
machinery, quality control, staff training, etc. In some countries,
milling associations have decreased their nutrient costs
by ordering pre-mix in large quantities, having it shipped
to a central location and then distributing it to their
members.
Some governments have eliminated import taxes on
pre-mix and/or fortified flour and provided tax incentives
for buying the necessary machinery. Governments have
even subsidised start-up costs and some NGOs offer
grants for start-up costs. Because the cost is spread
among millions of consumers, they pay very little for
these essential nutrients in their food purchases.
For more information on fortification regarding costs,
imports/exports issues or set up costs, go to http://
ffinetwork.org/about/faq/faq_finance.html or contact FFI
through the website.
Keep your labels clean without bleaching
Keeping labels clean is popular in much of the

world today - as long as it doesnt hurt the flavor or
functionality of the product. The term bleached is not
necessarily a good thing on the label, but I understand
that some of your customers may require bleaching.
We know that bleaching white flour is not detrimental to
the nutritional value of the flour as the bleaching agents
do not remain in the final product, but many consumers
and numerous web postings do not know that. Bleaching
is done primarily for two reasons: a beautiful white color
and for improved baking qualities in green (fresh) flour.
However, considering that white flour is transported,
may sit in a warehouse and then finally on grocery store
shelves, could it still be considered green? Even some
large international mills are no longer bleaching flour.
Could eliminating this one process not only decrease
milling costs but keep labels cleaner?
Most countries recommend grains as the base of

a healthful diet.
Looking at food recommendations throughout the

world, grain foods are usually the largest portion of any
government food guide graphic. Many promote whole
grains or at least making half of the servings whole. In
spite of the thousands of research studies showing grain
foods are key in a nutritious diet, they are still demonised
in some parts of the world.
While we know that many citizens may not respect
government recommendations, we are assured that
governments want healthful citizens for a prosperous
economy and to keep medical costs in check.
Our industrys responsibility is to change the opinions
of those who believe that carbohydrates are evil. We
can do that by enhancing and promoting the nutritional
benefits of grain foods and by keeping our labels as clean
as possible.
HOW
FEED AND
NUTRITION
CAN
COMBAT
HEAT
STRESS
by Zagro Technical Specialists
any factors contribute to stress in animals; among them

are management or husbandry practices, nutrition and
environment. In tropical countries, high environmental
temperatures are a major stressor especially to poultry.
In general, the ideal temperature for broilers to obtain an optimum
body weight is around 10-22 C, while in layers a temperature range
from 10-30 C is required for optimum egg production. Above this
ideal temperature, chicken performances will respond negatively.
However, there are ways to control or alleviate effects of heat stress
to chickens and one of this is by imposing proper nutrition and feeding
in the farm.
Depressing the feed intake is one of the main causes of poor
performance at high temperature. Adjusting the feeding practices
such as wet- mash feeding, using pellet or crumble, choice feeding
of calcium source and frequent feeding can help increase feed
consumption. Moreover, manipulating the nutrient status of feeds can
also help to reduce the effect of heat stress to poultry chickens. You
can achieve this through supplementation of considerable amount of
fats in the diet, which can enhance birds consumption.
A diet with low protein but with a balance of limiting essential amino
acids is more beneficial during a hot period than a diet containing high
protein. Supplementing with additional electrolytes prevents alkalosis
and a drop in feed intake that is caused by heat stress. In addition,
vitamin supplementation may help improve bird performance in high
temperatures. Vitamin A is poorly absorbed at high temperatures
whereas Vitamin E boosts animal resistance and protects cell
membranes and B-vitamins boost feed intake and improve nutrient
metabolism. Hence, we can see that adjusting the chickens nutrient
intake during hot periods is of great importance.
Zagro, being committed in providing solutions to the needs of
farm animals, has developed an innovative range of products that
can help the animals counter the effects of stress. With the help of
these products, birds can maximise their performance even under
stressful conditions. These products include Zagrosol AD3E, Zagrosol
Aminogen, Zagrosol Minpro, Amilyte and Nilstress.
Zagrosol product lines are nutrient supplements via drinking water
in liquid form. These oral liquids are innovatively manufactured
in such a way that the bio-available nutrients like vitamin oils are
completely miscible in animals drinking water even without further
mixing needed. The Zagrosol AD3E contains a significant amount of
fat-soluble vitamins, which can improve reproductive performance,
improve fertility, hatchability and bone formation of broiler breeders.
Zagrosol Aminogen is a blended liquid form of concentrated
multivitamins and amino acids, which is a good supplement in
improving uniform growth of flocks, weight gain and feed conversion
ratio especially in broilers. Zagrosol Minpro on the other hand is an
oral liquid supplement containing dietary trace and macro minerals
and amino acids. It can help improve reproductive performance such
as eggshell quality, hatchability, and maintain bone health.
For farms that prefer using powder forms, Amilyte and Nilstress
can be the option. These powder supplements are highly soluble in
water and wont just settle down on the drinkers. Amilyte contains the
essential nutrients vitamins, electrolytes and amino acids. It is a good
fluid therapy to replenish nutrients lost due to stress and avoid further
weight loss. Nilstress is a specially formulated anti-heat stress watersoluble supplement with exceptional solubility. It contains powerful
combinations of a well balanced key vitamins and electrolytes needed
especially at extreme temperature. At times of stress, Amilyte and
Nilstress improve the birds state of hydration and get them back on
feed.
Chickens will always tend to suffer from stress on each day of
their lives, thus countering its effect will economically improve their
productivity. With Zagro essential water supplements, birds potential
can be maximized.
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Bespoke solutions
For every storage challenge

... there is a storage solution
by Darren Parris, Milling and Grain
ithin the central plains

of Spain in the region of
Ciudad Real you will find
located the realm of the
Garrido family and their
metal manufacturing
empire, Symaga.
Leading the family
owned and managed
business from up front is the equivalent of the modern day El
Cid Campeador, Alfonso Garrido. Like the legend of old who
himself served Alfonso IV, Alfonso Garrido drives his companies
expansion globally whilst at the helm of his ship Symaga, not
so dissimilar to the global exploits of Ch ristopher Columbus on
the Santa Maria, with more than 90 percent of its business being
overseas and outside of Spain.
Syamaga was established in 1985, and now 30 years on,
how privileged was I to be cordially invited to their global
headquarters and central production plant.
Along with a delegation of potential international customers
from Poland I was given free access to explore this successful
multinational organisation.
Symaga divided its production into several lines, one
specialised in designing, manufacturing and marketing galvanised
steel silos for storage; one line focused on livestock, poultry,
pig and bovine equipment; and a third one specialised in
manufacturing agricultural equipment such as water tanks and
vineyards equipment.
Darren Parris from the Milling and Grain

team recently visited Symaga at their global
headquarters and central production plant
to see how this rapidly expanding company
deals with the challenges facing their clients
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I was given unfettered access
to the whole complex. The
impressive factory is one of the
largest in Europe, occupying
100,0002 meters of the 400,0002
meter (4 square kilometer) family
owned land on which it resides.
As special guests of Alfonso
Garrido, all the potential
customers and myself were
accommodated at the family
ranch Quinta Monteguerra in
the heart of the family estate.
Whilst undoubtedly a leading
international business, Alfonso
likes to get to know all of his
customers personally and when
you are visiting the Garrido ranch
you are treated like family and with five star accommodation
and private kitchen you are able to focus your all your efforts on
evaluating what Syamaga has to offer.
After we were treated to a classical evening meal of local
cuisine and a relaxing regional breakfast we were all chauffeured
to the factory. Upon arrival we were given complete access,
nowhere was off limits and it was evident that Symaga operate
with a policy of complete transparency.
Such is the confidence in the Symaga product that pride in its
quality and service has replaced any concern for secrecy.
Investing more than 10 percent of its turnover each year into
R&D and innovation, it is clear to see why Symaga has been
growing consistently in both sales and size over the last 10
years, with now over 200 staff worldwide. However, even with
this growth in size Symaga has managed to maintain its family
ethos, it is Alfonsos philosophy is to get to know the people in
the factory personally. With this in mind, it is perhaps less of a
surprise to learn that in the years leading up to taking over the
business from his father, Alfonso worked in every section of
the factory and understands the exact processes involved in his
business inside and out.
This understanding first hand of what is required on the factory
floor has led Symaga to become one of the most cutting edge
companies in respect of automation technology in Europe and the
number one in Spain. To put this in perspective Alfonso explains
The process of manufacturing farm silos used to be manual, in
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the past, it would take four people 38 hours to manufacture one silo, whereas today two people can produce 100 silos in one day.
With 15 new robots in the last couple of years, Symaga now boasts 30 fully automated robots on its silo production line with
precision cutting, bending and welding robots along with 13 profiling machines giving Symaga a state of the art production process.
This high level of automation allows Symaga to be very competitive producing over 250 tons of steel a day and over 85,000 tons per
year with reduced delivery times and a focus on customer satisfaction.
And it does not stop here, from the initial high quality technical drawing required for a full turnkey project and the accuracy and
precision of its work, Symaga also invests heavily in its customers by holding over 10,000 tons of high grade European steel on site at
its factory at any one time, therefore no waiting for stock to arrive.
In addition to this, Alfonso explained, Symaga is proud to guarantee that all its silos are manufactured with a galvanization of 600 g/
m2 coating of zinc which we feel we can claim is between 28 percent and 37 percent more galvanization in our silos than most of our
competitors
Furthermore Alfonso went on to explain that Symaga certifies the manufacture of all its steel structures with a CE marking, which
significantly implies that the (EXC2) Factory Control Production is certified by Bureau Veritas for steel structures and components.
It is no wonder, then, that this attention to excellence in the manufacture of its silos through the implementation of a rigid quality
management system with strict quality controls has helped encourage a growing number of international customers to begin business
with Symaga. With a presence in more than 120 countries, Symaga offers storage solutions for everything from Flat bottom to Hopper
or Delivery and Farm Silos, with capacities from 6 to 25,000m3 it is not so hard to see why Symaga is a one stop solution for most
international customers.
With Symaga I learned that numbers do speak for themselves and last year they manufactured over 24 million m3 of constructed
storage worldwide on many different projects from Feed mills,

flour mills, rice mills through to breweries, port terminal and
malting plans to name but a few, which seemed very impressive
to me.
As the company has expanded so has its product range,
with huge investments being made in a leading plastic
injector moulding system allowing Symaga to manufacture
new models of farming equipment which have led to large
scale turn key projects for the poultry, swine, sheep and beef
livestock sectors.
It was clear to me that in the three days I spent with Alfonso
Garrido that he inspires his team with an infectious passion
for the business. Alfonso told me that he and his staff pride
themselves on the high level of customer service they provide. It
is of the upmost importance to be able to relate to the customer
and their needs by putting themselves in their position in order
for them to fully understand what solution they want and what
works best for them and not what works best for Symaga.
Alfonso explained that many of their projects are bespoke and
with Numerical Control available in all of their automated robots,
Symaga can make to order for any project.
After almost 3 hours of solid walking around the factory I visited
the logistics area and loading bays. There was what felt like
kilometers of shelving with completed products, many completed
ahead of schedule and all-awaiting delivery to the customer. From
the logistics sector, which can hold over 20,000 tons of steel, both
stock and completed products can easily be moved to one of six
ergonomically designed loading bays to help maintain product
quality.
As my three days at the Garrido ranch drew to a close and I
reminisced with my new found Polish and Ukrainian friends it
became very clear that my personal feelings from my Symaga
visit and my final summing up of what I took away from my
stay was shared with all the other visitors, many of whom had
signed contracts for new silos during their stay. When I asked all
the customers what stood out for them, apart from the generous
hospitality all were unanimously impressed with the quality control

and the robotic automation whilst maintaining a competitive price.
And just when we thought it was all over, Alfonso whisked us
all off to the edge of his estate and to his personal vineyard and
winery where we were treated to some of his locally made wine
and gifted a few samples to take home - a visit truly appreciated
by all the Polish customers.
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Practical new technology

for pest-free grain
The Board of the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre

(PBCRC) toured grain growing properties in the Mingenew
region of Western Australia in March of this year to see PBCRC
stored grain research in action, as part of regular visits with CRC
Participants.
We have been working with the Plant Biosecurity CRC on
new ways to manage insect pests in stored grain for several years
now, said Sheila Charlesworth, Chief Executive of the growerbased Mingenew-Irwin Group.
New, chemical-free methods of controlling pests in grain
storage silos are vital for growers livelihoods, not to mention
protecting the no live insect reputation of Australias $9 billion
grain exports, she said.
Market access for Australias export grains is a major
consideration of PBCRCs Smart biosecurity science initiative,
which is leading the development of a long-term model for
Australian plant biosecurity research: www.pbcrc.com.au/
smartbiosecurityscience.
PBCRC researchers are developing several approaches to
stored grain protection, said Dr Michael Robinson, CEO of
PBCRC. Working with growers and industry gives us the
opportunity to test them in the real world.
Annual PBCRC surveys have been monitoring the number
of insects Australia-wide with resistance to phosphine, the
industry standard fumigant. The results have driven research into
alternative control methods.
One of the alternatives is nitrogen technology, which gives
growers the ability to control pests in grain silos with low

oxygen environments, a technique proving to be both costeffective and chemical-free, said Dr Robinson.
Aeration of grain silos is another useful tool for growers, as
lower temperatures slow insect growth and give them a chance
to get on top of potential infestations, while also reducing insect
resistance and increasing seed viability.
The Plant Biosecurity CRC Board holds meetings around
Australia, taking the opportunity to see CRC research in the field
and talk to those benefiting.
Seeing practical research in action on the farm is immensely
satisfying for the Board, said Board Chairman Dr Martin
Barlass.
Partnering with industry speeds the research process but also
ensures it is both relevant and practical for growers.
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Storage project
by Eloise Hillier-Richardson
Milling and Grain
The view inside

a Blumberg
Grain warehouse
system in Egypt
How Blumberg Grain is reducing post-harvest loss and

improving food security globally
Grain projects across the world are bringing meaningful benefits for governments and farmers
s the worlds population continues
to rise, the significance of food
security -- the ability to provide
reliable access to affordable and
nutritious food -- is more important
than ever. In fact, the worlds
population is expected to reach 9.1
billion by 2050, and global food
production will need to nearly
double by 2050 to keep up.

The significance of strong food security innovations have
substantial impacts on countries, particularly in the developing
world. These innovations have the opportunity to reduce hunger,
enhance food security, and improve national, regional and global
security. However, many countries across the world do not have
the resources to develop effective food security systems in a
large-scale environment that can benefit their populations as a
whole. Blumberg Grain, a leading global food security company,
is working around the world to help these countries improve food
security, reduce post-harvest loss and increase the quality and
marketable output of harvests by providing harvest protection
systems and technology.
Blumberg Grain provides the most comprehensive, stateof-the-art storage units, technology and management systems
for post-harvest food safety and security. Whereas in some
countries, post-harvest loss can reach 40 to 50 percent due to
depletion by insects, rodents, pilferage or inclement weather,
Blumberg Grains fully integrated crop and food security systems
can reduce post-harvest losses of grain, produce, and other
perishables to five percent or less. The company modernises
agricultural value chains, increases the quality and marketable
output of harvests, enables efficient market timing, and
significantly boost exports of agriculture products.
A Blumberg Grain warehouse system may look like an ordinary
structure, but its far from it. The ideal environment for both short
and long-term food storage, the Blumberg Grain Warehouse can
be customised to store bulk or bagged grain, as well as produce

and other perishables. The building is scalable and modular, with
additions easily incorporated as needs grow.
Blumberg Grain is able to provide these benefits by offering
fully integrated systems built around the best pre-engineered
steel storage units, for storage of both dry and perishable goods.
Mass-produced in the United States, these lightweight, scalable
warehouses use one-third the steel of conventional warehouses,
making them the most efficient storage facilities on the market.
By design, Blumberg Grain warehouses can be partitioned for
segregation of multiple agricultural products, and each area can
include its own sophisticated temperature and humidity adjustors
and monitoring controls.
Assembly of the grain or refrigerated storage warehouse does
not require a specialised skilled labor force since they rely on
bolt-in-place rather than welded construction, allowing for
systems to be erected in just a few days.
The facilities can be powered by the local power grid or from
independent gas, solar or wind power generators the company
provides. Whats more, Blumberg Grain structures are designed
to work in rural areas, close to the farmers and their crops, so that
harvested product is stored as quickly as possible to reduce waste.
The Shouna Development Project - Egypt
Blumberg Grain has been working closely with the Egyptian

Government to develop state-of-the-art grain facilities across
the country as part of the Shouna Development Project. This
project is replacing open-air wheat storage pits with modern
storage systems to provide more reliable harvests and storage.
This project will revolutionise food security in the region. As part
of the first phase of the Shouna Development Project, Blumberg
constructed 93 Shounas which were completed by April 27, in
time for the spring harvest.
The project, a collaboration between the Egyptian Ministry of
Supply, the Egyptian Holding Company for Silos and Storage,
the Army Engineering Authority, and Blumberg Grain, will
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support the government in recovering crops lost to post harvest
losses, saving Egypt up to an estimated US$200 million annually
and lessen the amount of currency that goes outside of Egypt to
import wheat. The post-harvest loss reduction will help to reduce
costs, feed more people, save the government millions, reduce
energy use, minimise unrest and help the environment.
David Blumberg, Chief Executive Officer of Blumberg Grain
Middle East & Africa, remarked, The Shouna Development
Project is bringing the highest levels of food security technology
to Egypt and will make it the food security hub of the Middle
East and Africa.
The entire Shouna network will be managed by the Blumberg
Grain Command and Control Centre, which is a comprehensive
management system that monitors grain and other harvested
products as they are deposited by farmers, processed, stored and
eventually distributed to retailers and customers.
The centre uses satellite feeds and sophisticated sensor
technology to monitor grain distribution networks in real time. It
also monitors weather patterns if it indicates an oncoming sand
storm, for example, operators will be able to enact emergency
protocols to protect the grain inside the system. All of this is
monitored centrally and implemented remotely.
Dr. Khaled Hanafy, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade
said in a press release when the Command Center opened in
December 2015, The Blumberg Grain Command and Control
Centre is the heart of the Shouna Development Project. Its
integrated systems will be able to follow every bag of grain as
soon as it enters the distribution network. We have never been
able to track food supplies like this before. We are looking
forward to continuing our partnership with Blumberg Grain and
seeing further revitalisation of Shouna grain network in the near
future.
The entire Shouna network in Egypt will be managed by the Blumberg Grain
Command and Control Center, allowing for remote monitoring of grain as
they are deposited by farmers, processed, stored and eventually distributed to
retailers and customers.
The economic impacts for Egyptian farmers is one of the

many beneficial outputs of this project. By having a reliable
distribution of product that mitigates theft and keeps product
from deteriorating, it will allow farmers to receive the best price
for their crops and see greater profits.
Through the efforts to increase food security with Blumberg
Grain, we have the possibility to empower farmers to shift from
subsistence farming to profitable suppliers; provide access to
commodities markets; and increase overall food access while
lowering costs by minimising waste, Philip F. Blumberg,
Chairman of Blumberg Partners, the parent company of
Blumberg Grain, said.
The second phase of the project, which has already received
support from the Egyptian Government, would see the completion
of 300 additional Blumberg Grain Aggregation and Processing
Centers across Egypt. The impact of the second phase of the grain
storage system amounts to an annual savings of US$354 million
and combined the first and second phase will generate a savings of
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Below: Blumberg Grain is working with the Egyptian Government to replace open-air wheat storage pits with modern storage systems to
provide more reliable harvests and storage throughout Egypt. Old Shouna (left); new Shouna (right)
US$551 million per year, according to KPMG.

Philip F. Blumberg, Chairman of Blumberg Partners noted, Upon
commencement of the second phase, Blumberg Grain is prepared
to begin construction of a major Middle East and North Africa
Manufacturing Plant and Export Hub in Egypt. This Manufacturing
Plant investment would be the beginning of a minimum US$250
million investment program for Blumberg Partners in Egypt.
Once complete Blumberg Grains MENA Manufacturing Plant
will be the largest of its type in the world, employing 1,000
Egyptians at full production. With an emphasis on local content
and sourcing through Egyptian SMEs, the Manufacturing Plant
will have a US $1 Billion impact on the Egyptian economy in the
first year, and US $8 Billion over 5 years, according to KPMG.
Producing Egyptian-made equipment for grain and cold storage
and processing centers, the Manufacturing Plant will make Egypt
the leading provider of food security throughout the region.
Cold chain
The continuing and future success of the Shouna Development

Project leads to greater possibilities beyond grains in the form
of Cold Chain. With post-harvest loss rates over 50 percent in
perishable goods in some countries, producers are sacrificing
product and profits. Blumberg Grains cold storage technology
is an innovative solution that improves value chains through the
implementation of robust food security systems.
Blumberg Grain uses proprietary controlled atmosphere
technology to evacuate the natural air in a cold storage chamber
and replace it with nitrogen gas, filtered and pumped in directly
from the outside environment using a nitrogen generator. By
essentially stopping fruits or vegetables from breathing, the
products aging is suspended. This preserves the freshness, taste
and texture, months longer than traditional cold storage methods,
and it does so without the use of pesticides or preservatives.
Blumberg Grain also leverages cold cell technology, which is
ideal for product compartmentalisation.
Compartmentalisation is critical for storing multiple crops
in one facility, as variables such as temperature, humidity and
atmosphere can be controlled individually. Optimal storage
conditions vary widely depending on each crops needs. Berries,
for instance, require a different storage climate than would
vegetables like cucumbers. Developing a more cost-effective and
easily deployable cold storage process will change the way the
world stores and cares for its harvests.
Why it matters
Now, more than ever, technologies exist to reduce hunger

and conflict through food security innovations. Improving food
Blumberg Partners Chairman, Philip Blumberg (right) meets

with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (left).
security can be foundational to chart and improve a nations

growth trajectory. Food logistics, storage and security systems,
when properly implemented, can reduce post-harvest loss to five
to ten percent, dramatically increasing agricultural output by 30,
40, or even 50 percent.
However, these changes cannot occur without intervention,
and the technology exists to make a meaningful international
impact and improve food security. This technology mitigates
against: post-harvest losses, mould, rot and pest consumption,
weather damage, illness, and previously undetectable breaches.
The impacts on countries that greater food security and
decreased post-harvest loss provide are considerable. Food
security and national security are closely intertwined. Food
insecurity creates political instability and directly contributes
to the spread of internal instability, which is evident through
the mass economic and political problems facing developing
countries with food security issues. While in direct contrast,
food security contributes to the prosperity needed to reduce
conflict. Food security facilities, like the ones that Blumberg
is developing in Egypt and other parts of the world, will be a
crucial part of providing stability and greater opportunity for
economic growth.
There are scalable solutions to world hunger challenges that
increases access while lowering costs.
Reducing hunger, improving food security and by association
improving national, regional and global security, can be done
without being cost prohibitive, in addition to many short and
long term benefits, Philip Blumberg said. On a larger scale,
these improvements will affect these nations as a whole by
decreasing political unrest, conflict and terrorism, stabilising the
price of food globally, minimising impact of food production
towards climate change and enabling a nations focus on nonagricultural priorities.
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Industry profile
Over 185 years of

excellence in precision fabrics
by Daniel Kinek, Product Manager, Sefar AG
efar looks back on over 185 years of

producing fabrics for technical applications.
From the beginnings when it was hard
manual labour by local Swiss farmers to
mechanically weave the silk cloths, up
to now with state-of-the-art weaving and
finishing facilities in Switzerland, Romania
& Thailand.
The portfolio of polymer-based yarns
encompasses more than 25 different types, carefully selected
for each of the various applications. Polyamide and Polyester
are by far the leading yarn types found in milling applications.
Hence, Sefar produces the majority of these yarns itself through
integration of yarn manufacturing facilities.
Bolting cloths or milling fabrics still represent one of the core
businesses that Sefar caters to. But alongside the still important
application of screen printing mesh, Sefar nowadays is also
successful in custom fabric solutions for anything from dry foods
to iron ore and alumina. Just to name a few.
To sum things up: Sefar is the leading manufacturer of
monofilament precision fabrics for customer-specific solutions
in separating, coating and dosing for industrial processes and
technical applications. Worldwide, approximately 2200 employees
work hard every day to produce the best possible precision fabrics
and support customers through our 26 international subsidiaries. In
countries where Sefar does not have own operations, we typically
work with knowledgeable distributors. Close relationships with
OEMs worldwide also ensure, that Sefar is always on the forefront
of customers needs and industry trends.
Food safety requirements for todays food production
Just like in the last century, millers require mesh for their
sifters that produce reliable and accurate sifting. After all, a
good yield and precise separation are what generates profit for
a mill, no matter if they are small in capacity or like it does for
major milling corporations. But with seemingly more and more
concerns with food safety and related scandals within the entire
food producing industry, it is not surprising that an increasing
number of aspects within the entire production chain are being
regulated. Regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) and the EU Commission (European Union) plus several
sometimes more local laws and norms try to ensure unified
Beyond mesh
standards, aiming to make our foods including flour as pure

and healthy as they should be.
However, the awareness and the importance of compliancy
with national / international food safety regulations are
sometimes not fully understood by millers and/or decision
makers for the purchasing process. Baring in mind that not
only the plan sifter machine itself but also all consumables
more or less come into contact with the flour, adhering to the
highest food safety standards should be part of the mind set
when selecting these types of components for a mill. This
responsibility is also on Sefar and we take it very seriously.
Peace of mind the Swiss way
Sefar has always had a quality approach to its product

offering and its role in the industry. Maybe it is the Swiss way
of doing things. Millers today can have the confidence that
SEFAR NYTAL mesh and the accompanying accessories are
not only produced to delivery excellent performance and offer
unique variety. All fabrics comply with FDA Regulations Art.
21 as well as the European Unions Regulations 1935/2004
and 10/2011. And it is similar with the Metal Mesh product
line, conforming to the FDAs article 21 and the EU
Recommendation Guidelines for Metals and Alloy. And for
important accessories like sieve cleaners, connector sleeves,
dust filter bags, adhesives or stretching equipment our focus on
quality is just as high.
As the flour has to migrate through dozens of screens,
the mesh has an exposed role when it comes to food safety.
Any potentially dangerous substances on the mesh or in
the case of screens breaking and yarn particles getting into
the product stream, need to be controlled. At this point its
hard to comprehend, that sometimes mills knowingly or
unknowingly use screen printing mesh in their operations.
While these types of mesh may share the same weaving
specifications (polymer type, mesh opening etc.), adherence
to food safety regulations is not of the same high level as
Sefar looks at the whole milling process in

its entirety. Beyond what a single machine
like a plan sifter can do. That is probably one
of the core reasons why Sefar is a trusted
partner throughout the milling industry.
The product offering of fabrics is kept
at the highest possible quality level and
innovations carefully introduced where we
see the need for it. For example our all-new
NYTAL Sieve Cleaners* that take a new
approach on cleaning performance together
with blue colouring of the body to enhance
food safety by better visual detection in the
unlikely case of fragments breaking off.
With cleaners that are white or transparent
in colour, any fragments breaking off are
much harder to visually detect when mixed
with the more or less same colour end product.
In addition, our knowledgeable Sefar representatives support
millers wherever possible in their needs. For example, frequent
training sessions on-site are important to improve or secure the
understanding when it comes to fabric choices, screening of
frames or the role of preventive maintenance with a focus on
consumables especially in control sifters/rebolters. This may
seem like a no-brainer to some customers, other may feel it is
overly cautious.
At the end of the day, the mill will have to take these
decisions, but for example by changing frames and mesh as
well as sieve cleaners on a strict 3-month routine including
frequent checks during each interval this will drastically
improve food safety. Any contamination in this last production
step will most likely go straight to your customer, for example
a bakery. Certainly a scenario that we all want to avoid!
As with the aforementioned sieve cleaners, understanding
food safety conformity should reach beyond just the mesh. Sefar
applies this thinking also to other accessory lines like connector
sleeves, dust filter bags and adhesives. All these may appear
to be less important when it comes to keeping the end product
food safe. The adhesive is important as it ensures a strong bond
between the mesh and the sifter frame. Then again, its clear in
colour and used in a somewhat smaller quantity compared to
other materials in the process.
However, Cyanoacrylates the standard type of adhesive
used in milling applications should only be used if it is
FDA compliant. The same logic applies when thinking
about connector sleeves and dust filter bags. Running a mill
is a complex operation with many productions steps and
machines and procedures. Each of these end up requiring many
consumable parts. But only if food safety is understood and
broken down to each and every component, we can be sure
that the mill has done everything possible to not only produce
nutritious but also safe flour!
* Currently available in selected regions
F
Industry profile
with fabrics produced specifically for the

milling industry. A similar level of caution
should be applied when consumables are
sourced from manufacturers or distributors
with questionable reputation. At the end of
the day, millers and decision makers in a
mill need to have peace of mind. In order
to focus on what they do best: produce
excellent quality flour.
F CASE STUDY MID-YEAR MILL REPORT TURKEY
CASE STUDY
The challenges of an
exciting new packing
project
On the outskirts of the town of Amasya, stands
the impressive and modern flourmill of KOZLU
Gida, also known as Misun. This leading Turkish
mill has chosen FAWEMA for exciting new
packing project
masya, located in northern Turkey

near to the Black Sea coast, is a
place of outstanding natural beauty.
Established in the 4th century
BC, the town has been the home
of a number of civilizations and
cultures and has witnessed many
transitions of power. Today the
town is a thriving hub for fruit
agriculture, especially apples, and also for tourism both domestic
and international.
On the outskirts of the town of Amasya, stands the impressive
and modern flourmill of KOZLU Gida, also known as Misun.
The origins of Kozlu date back to 1940s when the company was
originally established with a small wheat mill in Amasya having a
daily capacity of just 16 tonnes. Over the years, the daily milling
capacity gradually increased but when the decision was taken to
build a new, state-of-the-art mill for 900 tonnes per day, this put
Kozlu on the map as one of the top millers in Turkey. Later this
year, with further expansion work, the capacity will reach 1500
tonnes per day.
Today, Kozlu is still a family-run business with 3 generations
of the family involved in the management of the mill and the
philosophy has always been the same: seek the very best in each
and every aspect of the business. With this progressive philosophy
in mind, the Kozlu family decided unanimously to award
FAWEMA the contract to supply a new automatic flour packing
line to pack retail-size flour of 1 kg 2 kg and 5 kg. in ready-made
paper bags.
Mr. Emir Kozlu explains the criteria behind the decision: we
wanted the best quality flour packing machine available on the
market because we wanted to achieve the best possible results.
Fawema proposed the FA217 machine and the modern and
advanced technology included in the packing line perfectly
matched the clients aspirations and objectives. Thanks to modern
servo-drive, the machine is extremely accurate and the wear & tear
drastically reduced compared to mechanical cam-drive machinery.
Furthermore, the machine needs no oil bath or lubrication,

which means an overall cleaner working cycle and no risk of
contamination with the flour. There are very few wearing parts,
no rubber suction cups and access to all parts of the machine is
immediate and easy.
The deal was agreed and once the order was placed, Fawema
set to work at their base near Cologne in Germany. Firstly a
layout drawing was produced indicating the footprint of the new
line inside Kozlus mill and once the customer gave approval,
Fawemas engineers and technical personnel began the design
and manufacturing process. Kozlu was always kept well
informed on progress and soon the new packing line was ready
at Fawemas factory for inspection and FAT (factory acceptance
test).
For this important stage of the project, Fawema invited Kozlu
to send key technical members of staff from the mill in Turkey
to witness the machine testing which was done recreating the
same conditions as those at the mill, by using wheat flour and
the original paper bags utilized by the customer. The FAT also
serves the purpose of making a personal introduction between
the customer himself and the specific Fawema engineer who
would then later install and commission the line at the mill. This
seemingly casual introduction is actually extremely valuable for
both sides as it allows the two parties to engage in question
and answer sessions while the machinery is still on the suppliers
workshop floor.
Once the machine inspection was completed and the testing
was successfully done to the Buyers satisfaction, an in-house
training program took place for the Kozlu members of staff.
Great importance is placed on this primary training program and
justifiably so because it allows the customers technical personnel
to familiarize themselves with the new equipment before the
machinery reaches the mill and gives the opportunity for them
to operate the line under the watchful supervision of Fawema
engineers. Any minor snags or details can be ironed out at this time
ensuring that once the new machinery arrives at the final place of
installation, it is tried, tested, certified and approved by both sides,
CASE STUDY F
which guarantees a speedy and trouble-free installation and startup.

Installation work at the Kozlu plant started with the challenge of
hoisting the machinery from ground level onto a high-level floor
of the mill and brought inside the building via an open access
point. This was successfully done and then it was just a question
of laying out the line as was indicated on the Fawema installation
drawing and the final commission work commenced. Thanks to the
factory acceptance test already carried out at Fawemas workshop
in Germany, the machine commissioning was swift and efficient
with the Fawema engineer and the Kozlu technical staff working
together as a friendly, well-organised and well-disciplined team.
Once commissioning was successfully completed, a final training
session was undertaken to ensure that all the Turkish staff were
totally happy and confident with every aspect of the machine
operation, before official handover of the line from Fawema to
Kozlu was celebrated with a round of excellent, freshly-brewed
Turkish tea!
Mr. Emir Kozlu is delighted with the final result: we needed a
machine that would not give us any problems, which would deliver
perfect packages and which would work for many years to come.
We are very satisfied with Fawema, we have never faced any
difficulties and we understand now that we made absolutely the
right decision in choosing Fawema as our supplier.
Kozlu had worked previously with packing equipment
from another source, which functioned on a rotary cycle with
mechanical cam-drive but since the installation of the new Fawema
linear-design machine with modern servo-drive technology, huge
improvements have been evident. Mr. Kozlu explained: since
we started production with the Fawema equipment, packages
have become more regular, the production rate is far greater, the
machine is more reliable and downtime caused by stoppages
or faults has been eliminated. We can work non-stop and this
has benefitted our shift efficiency accordingly. The final shrinkwrapped bags of flour are more compact and tightly-bundled
compared to before and this means easier and safer storage on
pallets in the warehouse.
Fawema wishes to thank Kozlu Gida for placing their trust in
Fawema and to Mr. Emir Kozlu for allowing us to use his words
and comments for this article.
COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES

Poultry and poultry products: Semi-annual
assessments of commodity and trade issues,
Turkey
by Sinem Duyum,
Agricultural Specialist,
USDA
Turkey surpasses
the European
Union in per capita
consumption of
broiler meat, with
19.39 kg per capita
consumed in 2013
and 21 kg per capita
in 2014. Broiler meat
has the biggest
share of total poultry
consumption.
Turkey is the worlds 9th largest poultry producer. Poultry sector revenue in 2014 was $ 4.5
billion in Turkey and there was increase in domestic poultry production, consumption and
especially exportation. In 2015, exports reached over $450 million despite avian influenza
outbreaks and turmoil in the region.
The number of broilers in 2015 reached 214 million with 6.8 percent increase compared with the
previous year. The number of laying hens in 2015 reached 99 million with 5.2 percent increase
compared with the previous year. Insufficient feed available has been a problematic issue for
poultry production and targeted production in the future, as well.
The poultry sector has encountered many problems in raw material importation for feed due
to the Biosafety Law and its regulation. According to the Turkish Poultry Meat Producers and
Breeders Association (BESD-BIR), the sector increased by 8.8 percent in 2014. However Turkish
poultry exports have declined 17 percent in quantity in 2015 because of the geopolitical problems
and avian influenza outbreaks.
Poultry Production
In Figure 1, the decrease is seen in the number of poultry after 2006 is due to the first Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) case which was in the northwest of Turkey, Balikesir
Province, in October 2005. The number of broilers in 2015 reached approximately 214 million
with a 6.8 percent increase compared with the previous year. The number of laying hens in 2015
reached 99 million with a 5.2 percent increase compared with the previous year. The number
of turkeys in 2015 reached to 2.8 million with 5.4 percent decrease compared with the previous
year.
Poultry Meat Production
Poultry production facilities are mainly located in the north-west and west of Turkey, which
is close to the concentration of consumers, as well as to the customs gates where the raw feed
materials are imported.
According to the Turkish Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association (BESD-BIR), total
poultry meat production including broiler, turkey and the other poultry meat (backyard poultry
and meat from laying hens) in 2014 was about 2 million MT and the sector increased by 8.8
percent.
According to Turkish
Statistical Institute
(TurkSTAT) see Figure 2,
broiler meat production
was 1,895 MMT and
turkey production was
48,663 MT in 2014.
In 2015, broiler meat
production has stagnated
and realised 1,910 MMT.
Broiler meat has 93
percent share in Turkey`s
total poultry meat production.

Shortages of affordable feed inputs has been problematic issue for
poultry production and the sector anticipates it will continue to be
an issue to reach their goals for increased production in the future,
as well.
Each problem encountered in supplying feed material to the sector
has caused production costs to increase and it might be impossible
to compete with other exporting countries. The poultry sector has
encountered many problems in raw material importation for feed
due to the Biosafety Law and its regulation.
On the other hand, Turkish Biosafety Board has recently approved
a few more corn and soybean events and their products for feed
use in Turkey. The new implementation has relieved the Turkish
poultry sector some and given hope they can continue production
targets, though import problems still remain due to the law. More
detailed information on the biotechnology situation is available in
recent FAS Turkey GAIN Reports searchable on the FAS website
and also here.
While the price of meat is at an all-time high, so too is the price
of feed. As seen in 2014, the price of feed rose more compared
to the rise in price of meat, showing that the poultry sector has
been struggling with economic issues even more than the previous
years, and added to this high feed price is upcoming policy
changes and trouble in export markets.
As part of Turkeys EU harmonisation process, in 2012 the use of
mechanical separated meat (MSM) became prohibited to be used
in restaurants, hotels and catering companies. It is also prohibited
to sell MSM directly to customers within the country. This is
according to national legislation (Turkish Food Codex- Meat and
Meat Preparation Communique, No: 2012/74).
MSMs are derived from chest cage, neck and back part of poultry
and account for 40 percent of a total poultry carcass. Turkey
produced 121,827 MT of this type of meat in 2012, worth $122
million, and the value was crucial for the poultry sector. The
share of MSMs in the total poultry production was seven percent
and the prohibition of selling this meat domestically has severely
impacted to poultry sector. However, shipping of MSM produced
for the purpose of export between approved establishments
within the country is allowed. The majority of this type of meat is
exported to Iraq.
Impact on the Turkish poultry sector
The new implementation period for a law on poultry feeding
which would impact the Turkish poultry sector will come into
force on January 1, 2017. The Turkish poultry sector is still
concerned that if the use of poultry by-products as feed is not
allowed, they wont be able to import a sufficient amount of
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Legislation. More detailed information on the feeding rules is
available in the recent FAS Turkey GAIN Report published
January 7, 2016.
Manure derived from the last stage of poultry production is
considered an important issue by the sector, however there is no
improved model for utilising manure in Turkey. Sector believes
that the issue in question would be solved with the subsidies by
giving supports to possible investors to establish new facilities to
utilise the manure for another purpose such as for bioenergy. The
sector would like to utilise manure as an energy source however
the Ministry of Environment considers manure as a waste while
the MinFAL considers it as a fertiliser.
According to the sector, the number of hencoops should be under
control for operating the system more efficiently, raw materials for
feed should be available and sector profits should be sustainable in
order to reach future production targets.
Consumption
Turkey surpasses the European Union in per capita consumption
of broiler meat, with 19.39 kg per capita consumed in 2013 and
21 kg per capita in 2014. Broiler meat has the biggest share of
total poultry consumption. Turkey meat consumption has been at
certain level for many years, the consumption per capita was 0.9
kg in 2014. Poultry meat preference is mostly drumstick, which
has a 40 percent market share.
According to poultry sector in Turkey, there is no decrease of
domestic consumption because of the HPAI outbreaks seen in
spring months 2015. However consumers confuse on poultry meat
consumption since there has been media news about GM fed and
rapidly growing chickens. For this reason, revival of interest to
free range raised or organic chickens has been increased.
Poultry consumption varies according to geographical region of
Turkey, income level, marital status, living areas as urban/rural
and life style. While the highest per capita consumption amount is
calculated for Aegean Region, the lowest is calculated for Eastern
Anatolia Region since feeder cattle breeding/consumption is most
popular in there.
Export
Turkish poultry exports have declined by 17 percent in 2015
because of the geopolitical problems and avian influenza
outbreaks, see Figure 3. The rapid devaluation of Turkeys
currency by 21 percent drop in 2015 against many foreign
currencies has had a major impact on feed costs for poultry
producers. This has increased the cost of imported feed items and
production.
Additionally there have been serious problems on raw material
import because of genetically engineered (GE) product
contamination, whereby low levels or dust of GE corn or soy
varieties which arent approved for use in Turkey are found in
shipments and can cause rejection of the entire shipment. These
rejections increase the risk to feed importers, disrupt a steady
supply of feed for the poultry sector, and eventually increase the
cost of feed inputs for the sector.
Although the avian influenza outbreaks were not seen in the
commercial broiler flocks, the Turkish poultry export came to
a stopping point in 2015 because Iraq banned Turkish poultry
imports following the HPAI outbreaks.
Exportation is mainly to Iraq with almost 50 percent of total

export value, and to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and
Uzbekistan. The main good of exportation is poultry meat and
according to Turkish Statistic Institute (TUIK), the export value
of poultry meat (fresh/chilled or frozen) was US$607 million in
2013. In 2014, Turkey exported 411 MMT of poultry and poultry
products mostly to Iraq, and foreign currency inflow was US$668
million. In 2015, Turkey exported 339 MMT poultry worth with
US$441million.
Turkish poultry sector believes that poultry products export will
resume at their previous pace in 2016 if Turkey does not face any
HPAI cases. Exporters of poultry are able to utilise Turkeys inward
processing regime to import feed inputs without taxes, or purchase
them from the Turkish Grain Board at world prices, up to a certain
amount dependent upon how much they have exported.
Imports
Turkey doesnt import poultry meat from any country since the
sector is self-sufficient. Turkey only imports breeding grandparent
day old chicks, some quantity of parent stock day old chicks and
breeding hatching eggs as well. Commercial poultry meat and egg
production is being operated in the country.
Subsidies
Poultry Export Subsidies: These subsidies are given to the
producers in order to increase Turkey`s poultry export and to give
necessary supports to the sector.
143.5 TL/tonnage for poultry meat
225 TL/tonnage for poultry products including cans
19.5 TL/1000 units for eggs, however if exported eggs are for
breeding or hatching the payment is made 50 percent more.
Low Interest Loan Subsidies for investors: This subsidy is given
to the investors who are willing to deal with poultry operation in
the country.
Working capital loan and investment credit to the tune of 7.5
million TL; 100 percent low interest to the investors who will be
operating the breeding poultry facility.
50 percent low interest of investment credit and 25 percent low
interest of working capital loan to the tune of 1 million TL; to the
investors who will be operating the commercial poultry facility.
50 percent low interest of investment credit and 75 percent low
interest of working capital loan to the tune of 1 million TL; to the
investors who will be operating the commercial turkey facility.
(1 TL: $ 2.9 as of 2/26/2016)
Subsidies within the scope of Rural Development Program
(IPARD): The EU subsidies are given to the producers who are
willing to operate commercial poultry meat, laying hens and
goose breeding as well.
Insurance (TARSIM): Poultry animals have been included within
the scope of TARSIM (Agricultural Insurance Pool) since 2005.
Industry events
2016
n 26-28 May 2016
The European Flour Milling Congress 2016

Paseo de la Castellana, 49, 28046 Madrid, Spain
http://www.flourmillers.eu
n 29-31 May 2016
PIX/AMC 2016 - 2016 Poultry Information Exchange

(PIX) and Australasian Milling Conference (AMC)
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold
Coast, Australia
http://www.pixamc.com.au
n 14 June 2016
IGC Grains Conference 2016

Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel On Cadogan Place
Knightsbridge London SW1X 9PY, UK
http://www.igc.int
n 15-16 June 2016
Cereals
Chrishall Grange, Nr Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK
http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk
n 27-29 July 2016
Indo Livestock
Jakarta Convention Center
http://www.indolivestock.com
n 13-16 September 2016
SPACE 2016
Parc-Expo Of Rennes Airport La Haie Gautrais 35170
Bruz France
http://www.space.fr
n 08-11 October 2016
International Baking Industry Exposition

Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA
http://www.ibie2016.com
n 24-27 October 2016
IAOM MEA
Millennium Hall, Airport Road, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
http://iaom-mea.com
n 04-06 November 2016
CICFOGRAIN2016, CICFOFEED2016, CGOF2016

No. 50, GanJiang South Road, Honggutan New District,
Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
http://www.cicfo.com
JTIC
Paris Event Center 20 Avenue De La Porte De La Villette
75019 Paris - France
http://www.jtic.eu

EuroTier
Messe Hannover, Germany
http://eurotier.com
Arable business risk,

resilience and reward at
Cereals 2016
rable business risk, resilience and reward

will be at the heart of the AHDB Cereals &
Oilseeds exhibit at Cereals 2016.
The event, taking place on June 1516 at Chrishall
Grange in Cambridgeshire, sees AHDB Cereals &
Oilseeds continue its 2016 risk communication
theme on its stand (no 1112).
Unveiled at the 2015 Agronomists Conference,
risk, resilience, reward explores the three Rs from
an agronomic, business and market perspective.
Dr Martin Grantley-Smith, AHDB Cereals &
Oilseeds Strategy Director, said: Grain price
squeezes are putting many arable businesses under
significant cost pressures.
This test on business strength means growers are
looking at innovative ways to control costs and build
resilient businesses, better able to ride the wave of
low prices.
The stand will feature established favourites such
as Recommended Lists plot tours and independent
crop management, market intelligence and business
improvement experts all designed to help improve
business rewards for growers.
The European Flour Milling

Congress 2016
very two years, the European Flour Millers

Congress brings together all the major actors
in the wheat, flour & bread chain of the
European Union.
Its 2016 conference session will examine a wide range
of issues changes in the grain chain, bakery marketing
trends & market prospects affecting the flour milling
business and offer you the chance to question leading
international experts in their respective fields.
The event will take place on 26-28 May in Madrid
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TUSAF OPENING CEREMONY 2016:

"Ready to do our best
by Tom Blacker
urkey is a country that nobody in the agricultural

industries can ignore, with flour and feed milling both
currently enjoying exponential growth. From Thursday
31st March to Sunday 3rd April 2016, a record total
of 828 delegates gathered in Antalya for the annual TUSAF
conference. Boasting a proud total of 39 exhibition stands
populated with foreign companies, delegates were treated to a
very impressive display of services and technology.
Mr E Gnhan Ulusoy, Chairman of the Board of

TUSAF
The grand opening speech of Turkish Flour Industrialists

Federation (TUSAF) 2016s congress was given by Mr Ulusoy,
Chairman of the Board of TUSAF. He welcomed all Turkish and
international participants to the 12th congress on global trade and
milling technologies. All were greeted with the warmest regards.
Mr Ulusoy also observed those who have passed away in the past
year, such as Mrs Hatice Aybakar of Aybakar, all of whom have
been deeply missed in the industry.
According to Mr Ulusoy, TUSAF currently represents all
representatives of 412 associations in seven regions. Agriculture
constitutes eight percent of Turkeys annual GDP, which is
currently valued at US $6.3billion, and exports are estimated
to be valued at US$1bn annually. In order to increase these
numbers, TUSAF are ready to do our best, added.
fact was obviously a source of great pride for Mr Ulusoy, and he

was grateful all of Turkeys flour industrialists in front of him for
making this a reality. If a developing country such as Turkey can
be at the forefront of feeding the world, then it was an inspiring
sign for the developed world to learn from.
Mr Ulusoy also that the leading regions of Turkey by wheat
production amount, descending in a list: Central Anatolia, with
Mardin and Gaziantep, followed then Istanbul and then Mersin
and Samsun. Turkish milled wheat, as commercial flour exports
reach the mature market of the USA now, thanks to research and
development.
For example, research and development helping these exports
are diabetic flour has been developed here which is helping the
sector move forward. Turkeys milling machinery sector is export
driven is also very much export driven, which according to Mr
Ulusoy, is currently enjoying added value 2nd biggest in world
behind Italy.
However, despite progress, there are problems and challenges
Expectations for consumption and production of wheat
According to Mr Ulusoy, wheat balances in Turkey currently

look good with record production of 26 million tonnes, and a
decrease in imports of 40 000 tons from July to June 2015-16.
However, the rate of this decrease looks set to slow down in
the short to medium term. The Turkish Grain Boards (TMO)
investments in wheat have helped to increase this figure, Turkey
increased its exports and in this same time frame, Turkeys main
market of imports, Russia, has supplied less.
Internationally, 20 percent of the 38 billion tonnes of flour
produced is Turkish flour. Turkey is also the biggest supplier to
the UNs World Food Programme. Turkish flour is currently used
to help people in need of crises as well as in remote regions of
our planet in need, such as populaces of Kiribati and Tonga. This
Delegates gathered
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in Turkey, national tax in bran was previously a problem but that
has now been resolved. Overcapacity is also a problem in Turkey,
16 million tonnes are presently being used but there are some
facilities that are currently running idle. We must resolve this for
R&D and the progress of the industry to grow, added Mr Ulusoy.
On the 25th February this year, TUSAF along with PM of
Turkey, a ceremony at the Konya Ticaret Borsasi (the city of
Konyas Commodity Stock Exchange) signalled a new beginning.
There is no longer a need follow Chicago, the markets for
trading grain and other commodities can follow Istanbul. This,
said Mr Ulusoy, is very important news for our sector and more
development will be brought forward in time too.
Mr Ulusoy concluded his address by discussing the steps that
are currently being taken in Turkey to bolster further the future of
Turkeys milling industry. Universities in Gaziantep and Konya
now offer industry courses, and students and their professors
were in attendance at TUSAF 2016. TUSAF have launched a new
journal of their own in Turkish and English, with the very first
edition distributed at TUSAF 2016. They are also providing a new
website, with further new developments to come in the near future.
Gary Sharkey, President of European Flour Millers EFM
Following the conclusion of Mr. E. Gnhan Ulusoys speach,

Gary Sharkey, President of European Flour Millers TUSAF.
With 24 of the 29 associate members of TUSAF currently
based in the EU, the organisations presence in the Continent is
certainly growing from strength to strength with Iceland the most
recent addition.
According to Mr Sharkey, approximately member of the
European Flour Millers are currently responsible for the

production of 45 million tonnes of soft wheat and rye, which
equates to about about one third of all European production. An
impressive 3,800 companies and 45,000 employees are currently
associated with EFM.
Like their Turkish counterparts, European flour millers are
currently facing a number of challenges of their own. Labelling
changes are one example of such a challenge with the extra
cost being a current topic which the EFM is not in favour of,
according to Mr Sharkey.
The labelling issue comes when flour millers across Europe
are beginning to feel the pinch. Fresh bread is down 1 percent,
in 73 percent of the total markets there is a drop in overall
consumption, household sizes are changing and trends are
coming through such as gluten free and with other dietary
changes too.
Mr Sharkey concluded his address by asking the question,
what is the next weather event? What is the next black swan
which will affect our industry?
Faik Yauz, Treasury, Union of Chambers and

Commodity Exchanges, Turkey
The next speaker to address the assembly of delegates was Faik

Yauz of the Turkish Chambers of Commodity Exchanges. Mr
Yauz made the point that grain milling and producing bread is
one of the oldest professions in the world, in the first region of
the world to be populated by mankind.
Mr Yauz added that, the incoming new industrial revolution
will change the industry, adding that, industry 4.0 is all about
automated machines carrying out systems. Mr Yauz concluded
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his address by describing this process of automation as, the

fourth industrial revolution.
Faruk elik, Minister, Ministry of Food, Agriculture

and Livestock
Turkey is in the international community and global village

economy, according to Faruk elik, who is the current Turkish
Minister for food, agriculture and livestock. The problems of

20th century, carry on stated Mr elik, adding that the age of
information has not been fully realised.
On the subject of unequal income distribution Mr elik
described the situation as being entirely unjust, and not
satisfying reasonable standards of justice and equality.
With increasing population there is the need to ensure that
we maintain the same standards of good quality nutrition.
According to Mr elik Agriculture and food has a large global
agenda, which is increasing in importance.
However, global agriculture is currently experiencing pressure
from another source. Mr elik told those assembled that 12
million square kilometers of agriable land is lost every year. Add
that to the issue of an ever-increasing population, there is now
more of a pressing need than ever to ensure that the wealth of
agricultural knowledge that is possessed is shared.
Mr elik concluded his address by stating that, Free markets
are of my belief and are important but regulations are also
important to ensure a bright future for agriculture.
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rom 4th to the

8th April 2016,
Columbus in
Ohio, USA
hosted the
120th Annual
Conference and
Expo of the
International
Association of Operative Millers
(IAOM). Only breaking for World War
II, the event has been an important
mainstay in the North American milling
industrys calendar. The venue was
at the Greater Columbus Convention
Centre and Hyatt Regency Columbus
hotel.
Vibronet Sylvia-Christine Graff
Thiele Technologies - John Miskowiec,

Braden Beam and Patrick Hilger
An increase in the number of

exhibitors
IAOMs President, Mr Roy Leopp

from Seaboard Corporation of Shawnee
Mission in Kansas message ahead of
the event mentioned, an increase in the
number of exhibitors compared to last
years very successful exhibition. He
also thanked the many volunteers in the
Ohio Valley District of the IAOM that
enable the conference and expo to take
place. That number was 122 exhibitors,
from around the world exhibiting many
types of products and services for the
milling industries.
Ocrim - Fabrizio Baccinelli, Dean Hoerning,

Gelard Richardson, Brad Allen, Alberto Antolini,
Marco Galli, Ted KorolchuK, Marco Carpi
Imas - Sayit from Omas and Ertan from Erkaya
SEFAR - Joe Klinger, Wade and Mike Bramson
Quentin Johnson from the FFI
Mark and Martha Cornwell

with Rene Steiner from Buhler
John and Pat from Thiele Technologies
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AMVT - Gary Zhu Ph.D
Pepper Maintenance - L-R: Chad Elmy,

Randy Springer and Ed LaPreze
The Ugur Stand
AIB - Jesse Leal and Robert from Action Duct
Alapala - agdas Ingin
This record level of growth resulted in a

great event for both business and sociable
aspects of all participants. Combining technical
seminars, educational sessions, updates across
all aspects of the industry from farm to fork.
With milling being part of a need to feed the
rising population in the world and changes of
consumers food choices, it is always great to
carry out media partnerships for this title to be
Ugur - Garip Cantemir and Uygun with customers
BLISS - Scott Weiss
Brabebder CWB - Terence Richards
Tapco - Terry Geraghty closing the deal
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Satake - (right to left) Jose Escamilla,

Pete Matthews, Walt Tisdale, Andy
Bailey, Thomas Kock
the international media partner of IAOM.

Milling and Grain sent a team from their
UK Headquarters and North America regional
office to exhibit and attend. IAOMs next
North American annual conferences will be in
New Orleans in April 2017 and Atlanta in April
2018.
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as well as South-East Asian conference
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VICTAM, FIAAP & GRAPAS
proving that quality counts.

From humble beginnings
in a car park in Bangkok,
VICTAM Asia has blossomed
into Asias international
showcase for the feed and
grain industry expanding by
600 percent over the last 25
years.
This year, the 25th
Anniversary of VICTAM Asia,
this pattern was unchanging,
as the show grew by 11
percent on 2014, and could
boast a visitor increase of
5 percent with the show
organisers avowing that this
proves that quality counts!
With such impressive
statistics we took to the fold
to find out from the exhibitors
what they were showcasing,
how well their business was
expanding into the evergrowing Asian market, and
crucially their feelings on the
success of this years show.
Here we have the first eight,
watch out for more to come
in our June edition of Milling
and Grain!
Frigortec
Ralph Kolb, General Manager
and Owner of Frigortec
What is it that Frigortec is

here promoting at VICTAM?
We have been coming to
VICTAM Asia for a long time
and we also go to VICTAM in
Cologne in Germany, we are
here to showcase ourselves to
the Asian Market.
Dr Eckel
Do you exhibit in Victam
regularly?
Yes we participate for the
third time at victam and it was
a great show
Symaga
What are your major

products launch in this
event?
We applied this year for
our product AntaOx Aqua
- a unique plant-based
feed additive. It contains
a carefully composed
combination of valuable
flavonoids, developed to face
the challenges in modern
aquaculture - in a natural
way. Extensive research has
impressively documented
the effectiveness in different
species: in the laboratory and
in the field: in tanks and in
huge ponds. The application
of this innovative formula in
aquaculture and especially in
shrimp farming is new, and
absolutely promising.
What have you thought

about VICTAM Asia this
year?
So far so good, I think that
the quality of the exhibitors
is very good and for us it
has been very productive.
VICTAM is always good and
it is the main event for Asia
and the Asian market.
What do you think of this

year Victam?
We met a lot of highly
professional key players of the
industry and we dont want
to miss them. For the first
time we were with 7 people
at the booth and especially on
Tuesday and Wednesday we
needed them all.
Ral Prez, Area Sales Manager

for the South East Asia market,
Symaga
Lambton
What have been your
thoughts on VICTAM Asia?
The show is always good, we
have a couple of promising
leads but generally its kind of
typical, the company has been
four or five times to the show
before.
Which area of Asia are your

major customers based?
I would say all across Asia:
Malaysia, Philippines, Japan,
China, India, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Thailand,
Vietnam, Australia and
Indonesia!
What is speical about
Frigortec technology?
I would say with our new
product range we have eleven
different sized machines
and the efficiency of these
machines is much better
than before. Nowadays
our sub supplier has better
motors, better fans and better
compressors also we have
frequently converter in each
fan and we have done a lot
in the development of a
new control panel and this
allows us to have much more
efficiency than before, pairing
this all with very detailed
and fined filed re-filtration
circle. We are at the end a
chiller and cooling company
and my engineers in the
design department have done
excellent work. We have done
test runs for two years in field
in big plants and found out
the efficiency is really much
better than before, we have
done the tests for the whole
two years to be 100 percent
sure of this.
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KSE Process Technology BV

Dennis van Lankeren, Key
Account and area manager for
the North American Market
Idah
Danny Chang, General
Manager
What is Idah here to

promote at VICTAM?
Our aim here is to focus
on our aqua feed solutions
especially for shrimp feed,
which we have been working
on for a long time since we
started in Taiwan, so we
want to promote further
our specialist shrimp feed
solutions to meet some new
clients especially in the
booming companies like India
Vietnam and Indonesia
So you have a strong
foundation in the Asian
market then?
Yeah of course, we have been
here for forty years.
So what are your thoughts
on VICTAM Asia this year?
I think it has been better than
two years ago, with more
people coming and of course
because its VICTAM people
who visit the show are very
professional and they are
serious. Very unlike other
shows, with VICTAM you
dont see many people, that
is because the people who
visit want something - there
is a very specific clientele and
thats why we like VICTAM
so much.
Why is KSE exhibiting at

VICTAM?
KSE is mainly exhibiting
to show our ALFRA dosing
and weighing systems. We
supply dosing and weighing
technology for feed factories,
aqua feed, premix and pet
food. All ALFRA systems
contains dosing slides instead
of dosing screws, which is the
heart of our equipment. The
dosing slide is used to have a
very accurate and fast dosing
flow without contamination.
Have you seen a lot of
expansion into the Asian
Market?
The Asian market is growing
and there are new mills being
built every month, even every
day, so it is really picking
up speed. One of the reasons
we are at VICTAM Asia is
to speak with current (Asian)
customers and expand our
presence in the Asian market.
Our company is expanding
globally more and more, the
Asian market contributes to
this.
So how have you found
VICTAM Asia 2016?
VICTAM was changing
through the days, the first day
was a little bit slow. It was
good in the morning, but the
afternoon was quite empty.
The second day was good
with good quality leads. The
third day was again more
quiet, as all shows have at the
last day.
Altinbilek
Sedat Dumirbas, Foreign
Trader Supervisor
What are you here

promoting at VICTAM this
year?
We are promoting globally
grain silos, all our conveying
systems, such as our chain
conveyers, elevators belt
conveyers, components for
grain terminals, feed mills,
flour mills, processing
facilities.
Imeco
Michele Giorgetti, Global Sales
and Marketing Directory
Do you exhibit in Victam

regularly?
Yes we have been exhibited
regularly at VICTAM Asia
since 2012
What are your major
products launch in this
event?
ABP120 high speed fully
automatic bag filling line for
designed to fill animal feeds
into any pre-made open mouth
bags
EFFEROBOT - Robotic
arm palletising solutions for
animal feed bags
What do you think of this
year's Victam?
It has been a successful show,
we had many visitors that
have been impressed by our
fully automatic bagging and
palletizing solutions
Have you seen a lot of

expansion into the Asian
market?
Annually we are expanding
by about 250 percent, but
actually our main markets
are still Eastern Europe,
countries like Ukraine,
Romania, Belarus, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan Asia until the
end of Mongolia. In India we
are doing well but South Asia
we are not as strong but it will
get better.
So how have you found
VICTAM this year?
You know if you ask most
Turkish companies they will
say it was not good but if you
ask me it was good, because
we are here not just to sign
contracts we are here to
promote our company, meet
with new people and to give
out our business cards. From
the exhibitions we are here to
show the customers we are
here. We want to show our
customers we are working
globally, the main aim is not
to just sign contracts.
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Official opening of the Expo
Henk van de Bunt introduces Erik Heemskerk, who is taking over as general
manager of Victam International from June 1, 2016
Celebrating 25th year in Asia
David Balaguer (centre) of Fundiciones

Balaguer SA with two colleagues
FIAAP-Victam-GRAPAS Asia 2016 is an

international showcase for Asias feed and
food millers
by Eloise Hillier-Richardson, Milling and Grain

nce again FIAAP, Victam & GRAPAS Asia proved
that quality is the only thing that counts!
This was the early verdict of visitors, conference
delegates and exhibitors alike.
As a newcomer to this industry, and its events, FIAAP,
VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia offered me an enlightening
introduction into the world of feed and food milling.
Held at the BITEC, an exhibition centre near the outskirts of
Bangkok, FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia gathers together
the animal feed and grain processing industries under one roof, to
serve the Asian market.
Originally just VICTAM, first held in a car park in 1991,
FIAAP and GRAPAS joined ranks to provide a show replete with
all the information and products necessary to those in the feed
and food milling industry and this year was no exception.
Official figures illustrate that the size of the show increased this
year making it 11 percent larger than the 2014 show, and with
223 exhibitors and co-exhibitors from 28 countries the show was
once again sold out.
Jos van de Berg of Van Aarsen
John Harvey (left) with James Lang and

Warwick McCormick of GSI and AGCO
Record visitors
Walking around the BITEC centre and speaking to show

exhibitors, the general consensus was that VICTAM Asia 2016
as its still referred to - was a success, not only because of the
amount of visitors, but also the ancillary elements that supported
the show, such as the conferences and highly anticipated evening
events.
Exhibitors held that one of the many qualities of FIAAP,
VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia is that they are able to have serious
discussions and negotiations with their clients and new potential
clients that they meet during the show, agreeing on the high
quality of visitors.
There were a few who felt that the number of visitors did not
Mark McCall and Arun

Mahendran of Schenk Process
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Sedat Demirbas of Altinbilek
Edward Manchester of Biomin with colleagues

and Eloise Hillier-Richardson
A Wenger extruder die
Thomas Heieril Baumann of Buhler
Mayetter Ramos and Gregory Komnik

with colleagues from Insta-Pro
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seem to match the numbers of 2014, despite the show statistics
showing a five percent increase in the number of visitors from
2014, reaching a staggering 6374, however a larger proportion
said they felt the positive effect of this increase in numbers.
Many conceded that comparatively the amount of visitors is
sometimes less than larger shows, but agreed that the clientele
at FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia events were often highly
specific, as though tailored for the event, making the effort to
come to the show to purchase, or talk about something particular,
not simply browse the stalls.
One of the more striking facts with regards to visitor numbers,
particularly for a newcomer such as myself, was the sheer
amount of visitors who attended the show from outside Thailand.
Over 40 percent of the visitors to FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS
Asia were from outside Thailand, adding credence to the show
organisers assertions that these figures clearly demonstrate that
the event is now Asias international showcase for the feed and
grain industries.
DanToft of iGrain
Considering conferences
The show was spread across three days, from March 29-31,
2016. On the opening day, in conjunction with GRAPAS, which
serves the food milling industry section of the show, Milling
and Grain hosted another successful Global Milling Conference,
focusing on food flour and rice milling, plus storage and chaired
by our CEO and Publisher Roger Gilbert.
The conference was split into three sections: Flour and
Rice Milling - Processing & Quality, Rice Milling - Markets,
Nutrition & Processing and Milling Innovation - Technology &
Development. The overarching idea for the conference seemed to
me, to aim to share developments and innovation in order to get
the maximum from your processes, along with looking at local or
personal issues and helping to translate them globally, to look for
solutions.
Over the past half year I have repeatedly read, in a number of
publications, that under the current trajectory by 2050 we will
reach a global population of nearly 9.5 billion people, a figure I
have been told was given to the UN by the man sitting downstairs
in my office, our very own Roger Gilbert. It would seem that
despite the competitive, yet customarily friendly undertones
which float throughout a trade show such as this, the overall idea
largely is to help maxmise output and minimise waste.
The conferences add a deeper dimension to the show by
allowing those with these innovations and the knowledge of
what works well and what doesnt, to share them with the
industry. Without obviously giving away trademark secrets, the
conferences encourage growth within the industry through this
imparting of knowledge, perhaps at a time when we will need it
the most.
Innovation and celebration
Echoing this celebration of innovation was the evening

entertainment. A celebratory dinner was held on the evening
of March 29, as this year saw the 25th Anniversary of FIAAP,
VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia. The celebrations were bittersweet as
the incumbent General Manager of Victam International, Henk
van de Bunt, bid his farewells to the industry.
Mr Van de Bunt has enjoyed an illustrious career with the
organisation.
Playing a central role from the very first show in 1991, held
in a car park in Bangkok, over the past 25 years Henk has seen
FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia grow by 600 percent. While
he will be missed in the day-to-day, he will be joining the Board
of the Victam Foundation, so he will still be around with his
Paul Eijmberts and colleague

from Ottevanger
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wealth of experience.
Amidst the fond farewells, and a look back over the last 25
years, heads turned to the future and once again to this idea of
innovation, as the coveted Innovation Awards were announced.
The Animal Feed Technology & Nutrition Award, sponsored
and organised by AllAboutFeed was won by Huvepharma
from Belgium; the Aquafeed Innovation Award, sponsored and
organised by aquafeed.com (please note that this is not to be
confused with International Aquafeed magazine which has been
in print for over 24 years) was won by Kemin Industries (Asia)
Pte Ltd from Singapore and the GRAPAS Innovation Award,
sponsored and organised by Milling and Grain magazine was
won by Eye-Grain Apps from Denmark with runner-up being
Agentis Innovations of Thailand.
The aim of the Innovation Award is to celebrate and promote
new and exciting developments in the industry, this year focusing
on novelty, practical use and benefits to the user in terms of
efficiency, safety and cost effectiveness.
This resounding emphasis on utility and efficiency supports
my previous belief that members of the industry not only benefit
in a monetary way from a show such as FIAAP, VICTAM &
GRAPAS Asia, or even by getting their name out there, but
through this imparting of knowledge and this celebration of
innovation and achievement.
Without wishing to imbue a the proceedings entirely with a
sense of utilitarianism, the awards foster a sense of achievement
in knowing you have given back to the industry and act as an
impetus to continually make improvements and adjustments to
achieve, not only greater status, but a better yield and a better
result for the end user: Results which we will need to see year on
year if we are to feed 9.5 billion people by 2050.
Extruders to the fore at the Expo
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+90 332 2390141
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the interview
Erik Heemskerk
Victam recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary of holding events in Asia. On the first evening
of the event a Celebration Dinner was held. The international audience of over 400 executives
from our industry were treated to a wonderful evening program that featured both modern and
traditional Thai entertainment.
However, during this evening, came the confirmation of the sad news that Victams General
Manager Henk van de Bunt is soon to retire. Mr van de Bunt has been with the organisation since
the very first show in Bangkok in 1991, in the quarter of a century since Victam has enjoyed a
growth rate of over 600 percent. Mr van de Bunt will vacate his post on June 31st. A well-known
and respected industry personality, he will certainly be missed by all, although he will still have
some presence within the organisation as he will take up a role on the board of the Victam
Foundation.
He will be succeeded by Erik Heemskerk, who will start on June 1st. Milling and Grain Magazine
met with Mr. Heemskerk at the recent Victam Asia show to discuss his feelings about succeeding
Mr. van de Bunt, as well as his past experiences and future plans for when he takes the helm at
Victam.
Hello Mr Heemskerk and thank you for sparing a

few moments of your time to speak with us. Our first
question is just to ask if you could provide a bit of
background information about yourself, who you are,
and why you feel that you are the right man to be
taking over control of Victam?
I am Erik Heemskerk, I am Dutch and I have been working

in the events industry for about 20 years now. I started my
events career in the Netherlands with Amsterdam RAI, which
is one of the main venues in The Netherlands and largest
exhibition organisers. After this I did some work in IT for a
few years and then I came back into the exhibition industry
where I worked for Jaarbeurs (VNU exhibitions).
So basically in the Netherlands I have worked for both of
the bigger exhibition organisers. Some time later I decided
to set up my own marketing company and tried to develop
an event in the applied games industry, which unfortunately
didnt go so well. I then had the opportunity to go to UBM
where I became a brand director with the responsibility for
pharmaceutical events in Asia and Turkey. I am currently
responsible for seven events that take place every year.
Thats great, so you have had a very varied degree

of success throughout your career. How do you see
your role at Victam and what do you think you bring
to your new role?
I start at Victam on June 1st and the reason that I am

very happy to be joining Victam is firstly that Victam is an
international event which I really like, I really enjoy working
in an international environment; basically bringing together
the world. Another is the topic, although I dont know much
about it, I think that it is a topic that is incredibly important
and it goes much further than you or me.
When you say that our industry goes much further than
you or me, what exactly is that you mean by that?
If we realise that there are still well over a billion people
worldwide who are starving, then we understand the
absolute importance of this side of the industry for the global
population, which is something that I really appreciate. If I,
through the Victam shows, can make a difference then I will
feel I have achieved something.
We are an organisation that right now works with a large

and varied list of companies who work within our show
profile but also in other industry sectors. There may be
interesting opportunities here. The only shareholder of Victam
International BV is the Victam Foundation, which reinvests the
profits back into our industry through its charitable projects.
So as you can see there are many reasons why I am so
happy to be with Victam!
Victam events focus on animal feed, rice and flour

milling, grain processing and more recently biomass
pelleting. With regards to Europe and Asia, do you see
that Victam will be expanding further on a regional or
international scale?
Well, that is certainly the million dollar question. I would
certainly love to tell you but unfortunately, coming from
outside of the industry I do not yet know enough about the
industry to make any judgements on this. At the moment, I
am sitting back and learning from everything I see. Victam
has recruited me to continue to develop the brands
portfolio. Hopefully I will be able to tell you much more in six
months time.
PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES

Pancosma & Associates appoints Buis Ebbinge as
its new Business Manager for Fatty Acids
n this new role, Buis will focus on developing the fatty acids portfolio and sales for the Swiss feed
additives manufacturer.
Dr. Goetz Gotterbarm, CEO of Pancosma & Associates said, I am pleased to welcome Buis to
the Pancosma group. Having him on board will allow us to strengthen our position in the market for
digestive control and prevention.
Trained as an animal nutritionist at the Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, Buis began his
career as nutritionist before moving to Selko, Nutrecos feed additives business unit. In 2004, Buis coBuis Ebbinge founded the Dutch specialty feed additives company, Daavision, where he managed sales, marketing,
communications, and registrations, in addition to developing to new concepts.
Buis commented, I see many opportunities for this product line, and I look forward to develop the fatty acid business in
close cooperation with the Pancosma group.
Pancosma & Associates has appointed Arjan de

Ruyter as its new Director of Operations
he Swiss feed additives company is a global pioneer in developing, manufacturing and

distributing a wide range of feed additives for animal nutrition.
Arjan will be responsible for operations (production, purchasing and supply chain) for the
Pancosma group. His new appointment also makes him a member of Pancosma & Associates
Board of Directors.
He brings extensive experience in the agricultural sector. Prior to this appointment, Arjan was a
co-owner of the Dutch specialty feed additives company, Daavision, where he was the Director of
Arjan de Ruyter Operations, and headed the design and construction of a production facility for organic acid mixtures.
Before Daavision, Arjan worked at Selko, Nutrecos feed additives business unit.
Dr. Goetz Gotterbarm, CEO of Pancosma & Associates said, Arjan brings valuable know-how, and is an asset for us, as we
seek to enhance our production capacity, and continue to transform into global leader of innovative feed additives.
Commenting on his new appointment, Arjan says, Pancosma has an open culture, and the people here are very enthusiastic
and willing. I look forward to boost and leverage Pancosmas global production capacity, to continue to support our customers
with high quality products and service.
Dr Jack Shere named USDAs Chief Veterinary Officer
r. Jack Shere, a long-time employee of USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), was recently named USDAs Chief Veterinary Officer leading APHISs Veterinary
Services program.
Dr Shere joined APHIS in 1990 and has held a variety of field and leadership positions
serving as the area commander during the exotic Newcastle disease outbreak in 2003 and spending
many weeks in Iowa during the 2015 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak where he represented
USDA and Secretary Vilsack. Dr. Shere also spent several years in private veterinary practice prior to
joining APHIS.
Dr. Shere will bring his enthusiasm for learning to his new role. While he already has many degrees
B.S. in Biology and Chemistry, M.S. in Education with a minor in counseling, doctorate in Veterinary
Medicine, and Ph.Ds in both Poultry Science and Microbiology Dr. Shere wants to continue to be a lifetime learner.
Theres always new knowledge out there, and you can always acquire more. Its just fascinating to know how much you
wont ever know!
Dr Jack Shere
Dr. Shere brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and passion to the table, which will only benefit this countrys livestock
and poultry populations.
Christian Kullmann to be appointed Deputy CEO of Evonik
voniks current strategy chief Christian Kullmann will be appointed deputy CEO of the German
speciality chemicals company, putting him in the frame to succeed CEO Klaus Engel, according
to a recent report by international news agency Reuters.
Kullmann, formerly head of communications at Evonik, is seen as being close to the present
Evonik Chairman Werner Mueller, Germanys former economic affairs minister. Kullmann became
executive board member and chief strategic officer in July 2014.
Christian Kullmann
Dr. Shere brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and passion to the table, which will only benefit
this countrys livestock and poultry populations.
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